Opinion
CIVIL ACTION No. 07-cv-2218-JF.
September 4, 2007
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff, an Italian citizen, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, the District Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Philadelphia, to adjudicate his application for naturalization. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim. Defendant's arguments have been squarely rejected in an opinion by my colleague Judge Kauffman, Mahammad Ajmal v. Robert Mueller, III, C.A. 07-206 (E.D. Pa. July 17, 2007), and by several other judges of this court. I see no need to depart from these holdings, and will therefore deny the defendant's motion.
An Order follows.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 4th day of September 2007, upon consideration of defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint, and plaintiff's response, IT IS ORDERED:That the defendant's motion is DENIED. Defendant shall file an answer to the complaint within 60 days.