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CHAPINSKI v. ZIGLAR

No. 01-2871.

278 F.3d 718 (2002)

Jadwiga CHAPINSKI, Elzbieta Lichosyt, and Malgorzata Czajkowska-Kras, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James ZIGLAR, Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States; and Brian Perryman, District Director of the Chicago District Office of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Horn (argued), Azulay, Horn, Kalaf & Yoo, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jennifer Giambastiani, I.N.S., Chicago, IL, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of U.S. Attorney, Civil Div., Chicago, IL, Michelle E. Gorden (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, WOOD, JR. and MANION, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking the district court to order the Attorney General and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to adjudicate their applications for permanent resident status. The district court dismissed the petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, which precludes jurisdiction in certain matters involving...

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