If you plan to sue the government for a pre-interview naturalization delay – as recently highlighted by the Wall Street Journal – here are some cases to help you with your mandamus strategy. These cases upheld claims that delays of between 16 months and 30 months were unreasonable:

Sawan v. Chertoff, 589 F.Supp.2d 817, 828–32 (S.D. Tex. 2008) (2 year delay unreasonable)

Hamandi v. Chertoff, 550 F.Supp.2d 46 (D.D.C. 2008) (16 month delay unreasonable)

Litvin v. Chertoff, 586 F.Supp.2d 9 (D. Mass. 2008) (30 month delay unreasonable)