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USCIS · Oversight and reporting · Request IRW-035

Who received the quarterly Nightingale compliance reports

This request asks for records on the email list used to send quarterly compliance reports in Nightingale v. USCIS, a federal lawsuit over USCIS delays in releasing immigration files. It asks for who was on the list over time, send logs, and copies of the quarterly reports sent to FOIA leadership, 2024 to the present.

Why it matters
Shows who received the compliance figures and what they saw.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISOct 6, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-28
Records showing the distribution of the quarterly Nightingale compliance reports, including the recipients over time and copies of the reports as distributed to FOIA leadership, 2024 to present.
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