ROLAND v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SERVICES

No. 15-2529.

850 F.3d 625 (2017)

Robert S. ROLAND; Wan Hang Gloria Chan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; John F. Kelly, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security; Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General of the United States; Leon Rodriguez, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Denise Frazier, District Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Atlanta Region; Leander Holston, Charlotte Field Office Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; James Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew William Clopman , ANDREW W. CLOPMAN, P.A., Stuart, Florida, for Appellants. Katherine Elizabeth Mallo Goettel , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, William C. Peachey , Director, Elizabeth J. Stevens , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Keenan joined.


Following the denial of his Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative ("Form I-130 Petition" or "Petition"), which is used to petition for immediate relative status by American citizens on behalf of their alien spouses, Robert S. Roland and his wife Wan Hang Gloria Chan (collectively, "Appellants") brought this lawsuit in the...

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