IDDIR v. I.N.S.

No. 01-3799, 01-3802.

301 F.3d 492 (2002)

Hakim IDDIR, Hadjira Iddir, and Juan A. Llivi; Lenoas Malukas, Alfonsa Malukienne, Maria Niculescu, Radu-Liviu Niculescu, Tatiana Kudina, Silviu-Vlad Niculescu, Mario Romanovic, Marija Romanovic, Nora Moretti-Sanchez, Gianna A. Sanchez, Ivanna A. Sanchez, Funmi I. Owolabi, David Ogunkoya, and Nelly V. Suyo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; Brian R. Perryman, District Director, Chicago INS; Colin L. Powell, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of State; United States Department of State; and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Noonan (argued), Noonan & Lieberman, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

George P. Katsivalis, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, Michelle E. Gorden (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, BAUER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

After winning the immigration lottery, the appellants were given the opportunity to apply for immigrant visas and thereby a chance to become citizens, if they could meet certain requirements within one year's time. The appellants promptly filled out all the necessary forms and jumped through all the applicable hoops the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) put in front of them in order to complete their applications for the visas and...

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