ESCOBAR v. I.N.S.

Civ. A. No. 88-0730.

700 F.Supp. 609 (1988)

Laura Staples ESCOBAR and Moises Escobar, Plaintiffs, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Treanor, David E. Mills, Elizabeth J. Gustafson, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Jay B. Stephens, John D. Bates, Curtis E. Hall, Office of the U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

This is a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the so-called "Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986," 8 U.S.C. §§ 1154(h), 1255(e) (Supp. IV 1986) ("Section 5"). The case is presently before the Court on defendants' Motion to Dismiss and plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court heard argument on the motions on October 14, 1988. Although the Court sympathizes...

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