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KAZARIAN v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

No. 07-56774.

580 F.3d 1030 (2009)

Poghos KAZARIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, a Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security; Opinion Does, 1 through 10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruben N. Sarkisian, Glendale, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant, Poghos Kazarian.

Craig W. Kuhn and Elizabeth J. Stevens, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Washington D.C.; for the defendant-appellee, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services.

Opinion by Judge D.W. NELSON; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Poghos Kazarian appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service ("USCIS"), finding that the USCIS's denial of an "extraordinary ability" visa was not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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