OK - FINALLY, my final update on this thread...
It's been a while, but just wanted to let you guys know that 29 months and 10 days after filing, I became a U.S. Citizen on sep-28th 2022 !!!
Holy H*ll was that a wait !
It will never stop haunting me to know what happened. Maybe I should get a job at the USCIS - VERY clearly they get paid doing absolutely nothing.
Anyways, hope I was the last one on this thread to get this done... happy thanksgiving, all !