Question for the adjudicators on here and anyone else with insight: Will adjudicators ever let a file sit and get delayed on purpose? If so, why?
Like maybe adjudicators are waiting for some more time to pass from a certain incident. Maybe they are waiting for an applicant to return from an overseas trip. Could more investigation still be going on during adjudication as well so the applicant’s file just sits until that is over? Other reaons?
I’m not an adjudicator but I have been an adjudicatee 
many times. My theory is that there is some kind of triage where cases get a first look and the easy ones go through first, or maybe they get routed to the newer adjudicators. Cases with issues get routed to a smaller pool of experienced adjudicators. This helps them meet their timeline goals.
Just my own theory and if I was in charge of adjudications its what I would do. But once it gets to an adjudicator they need to finish it as promptly as possible.