HOLY VIRGIN PROTECTION CATHEDRAL v. CHERTOFF

No. 06-3387.

499 F.3d 658 (2007)

HOLY VIRGIN PROTECTION CATHEDRAL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE RUSSIA, Diocese of Chicago and Detroit, and Natalija Kalinicenko, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Lehman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas P. Walsh, Craig A. Oswald (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case presents an unusual variation on the many petitions and appeals this court receives in the area of immigration law. It concerns the ultimately unsuccessful effort of Natalija Kalinicenko to obtain and keep a visa that would permit her to work as a Head Sister at the Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Diocese of Chicago and Detroit ("the Church"). At one point, Kalinicenko had such a visa,...

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