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MATUSHKINA v. NIELSEN

No. 17-1336.

877 F.3d 289 (2017)

Elena MATUSHKINA and Svetlana Son, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kirstjen M. NIELSEN, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Matthew Davies, Chicago Area Port Director, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin R. Burton , Attorney, Kriezelman Burton & Associates, Kevin Andrew Raica , Attorney, Maria Baldini-Potermin & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig A. Oswald , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, Adrienne Zack , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Manion, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs Elena Matushkina and her daughter Svetlana Son filed this suit against federal officials after a U.S. Consulate denied Matushkina's immigrant visa application in 2015. The well-established doctrine of consular nonreviewability makes it impossible, or nearly so, for plaintiffs to challenge the visa denial. Plaintiffs...

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