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RAMIREZ v. BROWN

No. 14-35633.

852 F.3d 954 (2017)

Jesus RAMIREZ; Barbara Lopez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Micah BROWN, Acting Field Office Director, USCIS Seattle Field Office; Lori Scialabba, Acting Director, USCIS; John F. Kelly, DHS Secretary; Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, United States Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Young Martin (argued), Trial Attorney; Jeffrey S. Robins , Assistant Director; William C. Peachey , Director; Benjamin C. Mizer , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.

Christopher Strawn (argued) and Matthew Adams , Northwest Immigration Rights Project, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal presents a question of statutory interpretation about the interplay between two subsections of the immigration code — one involving designation of Temporary Protected Status ("TPS") and the other involving adjustment of status. The Attorney General may grant TPS to an alien who cannot...

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