Mandamus, APA, TRAC
Federal Litigation Playbook
The mechanics of compelling a federal agency to act: the statutes, the six-factor test courts apply, where to file, what the government does when served, and how the case usually ends.
Writ of mandamus, explained for employers
What the writ is, which statutes support it, what it can and cannot compel, and why most employment-based delay cases end without a ruling.
The TRAC factors applied to employment-based delay
The six-factor test courts use to decide whether agency delay is unreasonable, and how each factor plays in an employer's case.
APA unreasonable delay and mandamus: the practical difference
Two theories usually pleaded together, with different elements and different histories. Where they converge and where they do not.
The evidence file a delay case needs
What to collect contemporaneously, starting the month a case first looks slow, so a claim can be brought properly later.