BREMER v. JOHNSON

No. 15-1163.

834 F.3d 925 (2016)

Joel BREMER; Ma Susan Bremer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeh JOHNSON, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; Leon Rodriguez, Director, National Benefits Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Robert M. Cowan, Director, National Benefits Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General of the United States; Laura B. Zuchowski, Director, Vermont Service Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Lorn Hoppock , The Hoppock Law Firm, LLC, Overland Park, KS, argued, for appellants.

Sarah S. Wilson , Office of Immigration Litigation, Dist. Court Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued ( Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Division, William C. Peachey , Director, Dist. Court Section, Stacey I. Young , Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), for appellees.

Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ("Adam Walsh Act" or "AWA"), Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, limits who may file a petition for a visa on behalf of an immediate family member who is a foreign national. Under the Act, no citizen previously convicted of...

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