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HON. KIYO A. MATSUMOTO, United States District Judge: On April 3, 2018, plaintiffs Yu Mei Chen ("Ms. Chen") and Xiu Qing You ("Mr. You"), also known as Xian Chin Yu, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus against Kirstjen Nielsen, L. Francis Cissna, and Christopher Way, seeking to compel the United States Citizen and Immigration Services ("USCIS") to rule on Ms. Chen's pending I-130 petition and Mr. You's pending I-485 application

ROSLYNN R. MAUSKOPF, United States District Judge Pro se plaintiff Kuai Le Chen brings this mandamus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361, seeking an order directing defendants to adjudicate three immigration-related applications. (Compl. (Doc. No. 1).) Defendants, the Secretary of the United States Departm

I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Statutory Background The TPS statute is 8 U.S.C. § 1254a. Section 1254a(b) covers TPS designations. It provides in relevant part as follows. (1) In general. The Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate agencies of the Government, may designate any foreign state (or any part of such foreign state) under this su

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge In 1990, Congress passed and President George H. W. Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990, creating the "Temporary Protected Status" (TPS) program. See Pub. L. 102-232 (1991). The TPS statute codifies a long-standing practice: "every Administration since and including that of President Eisenhower has permitted one or more groups of otherwise deportable aliens to remain temporar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEMAL A. CHEATHAM, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 18-03026 (CKK) ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff, Jemal A. Cheatham, appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, sues the Secretary of the United States

JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge All that is old in this case has been made new again. Manouchehr Jafarzadeh, an Iranian national seeking to become a lawful permanent resident ("LPR") of the United States, alleges that his application was placed in a government program that delays and denies immigration petitions on overly broad national security grounds. The government filed a motion to dismiss the first complaint in thi

WOLF, D.J. Table of Contents I. SUMMARY...375 II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY...376 III. THE PROVISIONAL WAIVER REGULATIONS...377 IV. THE MOTION TO DISMISS STANDARD...378 V. THE FACTS...379 VI. JURISDICTION...381 VII. THE MERITS OF THE MOTION TO DISMISS...386 VIII. PETITIONERS' DETENTION CLAIMS...392

Justice LEE, opinion of the Court: T1 Cody Nielsen was convicted of the aggravated murder of Trisha Autry and sentenced to life without parole. On this appeal, Nielsen raises a series of challenges to the venue for his trial-a Cache County trial with a jury comprised of Box Elder County residents. He also questions the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain lesse

Hon. Cynthia Bashant, United States District Judge. This case concerns an alleged practice in which U.S Customs and Border Protection *1290("CBP") officials at ports of entry ("POE") along the U.S.-Mexico border deny asylum seekers access to the U.S. asylum process. The Defendants in this case are Kirstjen Nielsen, the Secretary of the U.S.

ANALISA TORRES, District Judge: On June 14, 2018, Petitioner, Xiu Qing You, a Chinese national, filed a petition for habeas corpus following his arrest and detention pursuant to a final order of removal. See Fust Am. Pet., ECF No. 5. By order to show cause hand-delivered to the Court on June 16, 2018, Petitioner sought a temporary stay of removal, and, subsequently. Pet. Reply, ECF No. 16, release from custody. At a show ca

MEMORANDUM DECISION ORME, Judge: 1 1 This case arises as a result of a dispute regarding fencing along boundaries shared by Plaintiff CCW Ranch and Defendants Chris and Sunny Nielsen. The parties at various times have insisted or denied that they had an agreement that each would take responsibility for rebuilding or repairing one of the sections of fence

785 F.Supp.2d 394 (2011) H. Cristina CHEN-OSTER; Lisa Parisi; and Shanna Orlich, Plaintiffs, v. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. and the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Defendants. No. 10 Civ. 6950 (LBS) (JCF). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 28, 2011. *397 Adam T. Klein, Esq., Cara E, Greene, Esq., Jennifer L. Liu, Esq., M

DYK, Circuit Judge. Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) appeals an order of the United States District Court for the District of Délaware denying Amgen’s motion to compel discovery from Hospira, Inc. (“Hospira”) in a patent infringement case governed by the Biologies Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”), Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, 804 (2010) (amending 42 U.S.C. § 2

Sweeney, J. ¶1 We will review manifest constitutional error even if the appellant did not object or except in the trial court. However, the appellant must show error that is manifest in the record and constitutional in magnitude. Here, the appellant assigns error to the trial court’s failure to give a unanimity instruction and to the admission of opinions on whether a tank was approved by the Department of Transportation (DOT). W

¶45 (concurring) — I concur with the majority in result. Materiality is an element of the crime which must, like all elements of crimes, be decided by a jury as a matter of fact, not by a judge as a matter of law. Chambers, J. *297¶46 However, I also agree with Justice Madsen that there is a role for the trial judge to play here too.

RUIZ, Senior Judge: Antione Tuckson1 appeals his convictions for carrying a pistol without a license, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.2 Tuckson’s convictions stem from the discovery of a loaded pistol and extra ammunition in his car. The search of Tuckson’s car occurred after he was arrested for possession of a prohibited weapon

OPINION GRABER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Richard Gebhardt, a United States citizen, filed 1-130 petitions with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), seeking Legal Permanent Residence (“LPR”) status for his non-citizen wife and her three non-citizen children. The Secretary of Homeland Securit

¶19 (concurring/dissenting) —I agree with the majority that at a revocation hearing, a defendant has only a limited right of allocution. However, with respect to petitioner Raymond D. Demry, I believe the defendant properly invoked this right, thus preserving error for appeal. I would, therefore, remand Demry’s case for a new revocation hearing. Alexander, C.J. *70

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND REMAND FOR BENEFITS WM. FREMMING NIELSEN, Senior District Judge. Before the Court are cross-Motions for Summary Judgment (EOF Nos. 14 and 15). Attorney D. James Tree represents Plaintiff; Special Assistant United States Attorney Leisa A. Wolf represents Defendant. The Court has reviewed the administrative record and briefs filed by the parties

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION PAMELA K. CHEN, United States District Judge Plaintiff Cedric Favors brings this employment discrimination action against Triangle Services, Inc., Triangle Aviation Services, Inc., XYZ Corporation # 1-2, Abadeen Mustafacko, Avdo Djokovic, John Does # 1-30 (the “Triangle Defendants”), *199and Service Emplo