GRACE KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH v. CHERTOFF

No. CV 04-1849-PK.

437 F.Supp.2d 1174 (2005)

GRACE KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, an Oregon nonprofit corporation; and Jeong Mi Park, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security of the United States; Eduardo Aguirre, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Gregory Christian, Nebraska Service Center Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

November 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Morrissey, Robert W. Donaldson, Black Helterline, LLP, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs.

Kenneth C. Bauman, United States Attorney's Office, Portland, OR, for Defendants.

Christina Labrie, Cyrus D. Mehta, Elizabeth Reichard, Lin Walker, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, P.L.L.C., New York City, Trina Realmuto, American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae.


OPINION AND ORDER

PAPAK, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs Grace Korean United Methodist Church (the Church) and Jeong Mi Park have brought this action under Section 10b of the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, seeking judicial review of a decision by the Nebraska Service Center Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) denying the Church's 1-140 immigrant visa petition. Before the court are the parties...

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