CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. I.N.S.

Nos. 98-16269, 98-16423.

182 F.3d 1053 (1999)

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC.; American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations; United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO; Miguel Galvez Moran; Immigration Program; Esaul Delgadillo-Uribe; Gustavo Rodriguez; Anil K. Urmil; Ismael De La Cruz; Elma Barbosa; Qutb-E-Alam Kahn; Mohammed Haq; Jesus Reyna Reyna, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; Janet Reno, Attorney General; Doris Meissner, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellants. Catholic Social Services, Inc.; United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO; Esaul Delgadillo-Uribe; Gustavo Rodriguez; Anil K. Urmil; Ismael De La Cruz; Miguel Galvez Moran; Elma Barbosa; Jesus Reyna Reyna; Qutbe-E-Alam Khan; Mohammed Haq, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janet Reno, Attorney General; Doris Meissner, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 23, 1999.

Decided June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright (argued), Keisha Dawn Bell, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Peter A. Schey (argued), Carlos Holguin (argued), Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge SCHROEDER.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must deal, once again, with the status of claims brought by some 45,000 illegal aliens, seeking legalization under 1986 immigration legislation, who failed to tender timely complete applications and fees.

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The tortured history of this litigation has been recounted in detail in this court's prior opinions, see Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Reno...

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