Why this might happen
While manifestly unfair, processing 2002 LC-based cases at the expense of earlier ones would make perfect sense for TSC as a strategy to limit the tsunami of Premium Processing Requests once
this mode is introduced, presumably by this summer.
Inattention to EB-1s also fits with this scenario, as they
apparently would be ineligible for PP, at least at the outset.
While manifestly unfair, processing 2002 LC-based cases at the expense of earlier ones would make perfect sense for TSC as a strategy to limit the tsunami of Premium Processing Requests once
this mode is introduced, presumably by this summer.
Inattention to EB-1s also fits with this scenario, as they
apparently would be ineligible for PP, at least at the outset.