Du

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

In this naturalization action, plaintiff Xiaohan Du filed a complaint for writ of mandamus against defendants Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Emelio Gonzalez, director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Rosemary Melville, district director of the San Francisco United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Robert Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for delays relating to the adjudication of plaintiffs naturalization application. Defendants move to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and for the failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the reasons stated below, the motion is GRANTED.

The well-pled allegations in the complaint are accepted as true. Plaintiff Xiaohan Du has been a lawful resident of the United States since December 2000. On May 4, 2006, he filed a N-400 application for naturalization along with the proper filing fee and biometric processing fee. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service issued him a notice of receipt on May 15, 2006. Mr. Du then completed his biometric processing on…