1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 911 F.3d
  5. 911 F.3d 366 (2018)
 

HOSSEINI v. NIELSEN

No. 17-6453.

911 F.3d 366 (2018)

Mehrdad HOSSEINI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kirstjen M. NIELSEN, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; L. Francis Cissna, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in His Official Capacity; Kristine R. Crandall, Director of Nebraska Service Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in Her Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 19, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lance Curtright , DE MOTT, McCHESNEY, CURTRIGHT, ARMENDARIZ, LLP, San Antonio, Texas, for Appellant. Joseph Francis Carilli, Jr. , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lance Curtright , DE MOTT, McCHESNEY, CURTRIGHT, ARMENDARIZ, LLP, San Antonio, Texas, for Appellant. J. Max Weintraub , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before: KEITH, CLAY, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Mehrdad Hosseini fled his native Iran and obtained asylum in the United States in 1999. Two years later, he applied to adjust his legal status to become a lawful permanent resident. But the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") denied that application after concluding that Hosseini...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases