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DEFENSOR v. MEISSNER

Nos. 98-60340, 98-60357 to 98-60362.

201 F.3d 384 (2000)

Febe Rose Belle E. DEFENSOR; Vintage Health Resources Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris MEISSNER, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Vivian May P. Sibayan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Melody E. Mendoza, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Froilene Fe V. Atendido, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Jocelyn A. Bayudang, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Maria Cecilia D. Consolacion, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee. Vintage Health Resources Inc.; Leonora B. Caceres, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Doris Meissner, Commissioner of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A.M. Ware (argued), David Ware & Associates, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Nancy E. Friedman (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Vintage Health Resources and seven Filipino nurses appeal the district court's affirmance of the Immigration & Naturalization Service's denial of H1-B visas for the nurses. Because Vintage did not produce evidence sufficient to show that the nurses were members of a "specialty occupation," as required under § 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, we AFFIRM the denial of H1-B visas.

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