WILLIAMS v. SECRETARY, U.S. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC.

No. 13-11270.

741 F.3d 1228 (2014)

Raquel Pascoal WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Renison , Parrilli Renison, LLC, Portland, OR, David H. Stoller , Law Offices of David Stoller, PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John J.W. Inkeles , U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Robert E. O'Neill , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and HUCK, District Judge.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Raquel Pascoal Williams appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The District Court interpreted parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prevent Ms. Pascoal from adjusting her immigration status to become a legal permanent resident. Her appeal raises a novel issue of statutory interpretation: whether the remarriage bar in the second sentence of the "immediate...

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