YAFAI v. POMPEO

No. 18-1205.

912 F.3d 1018 (2019)

Moshin YAFAI and Zahoor Ahmed, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mike POMPEO, Secretary of State, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Marie Shepherd , Attorney, IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Aaron S. Goldsmith , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Craig A. Oswald , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Flaum, Ripple, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


A consular officer twice denied the visa application of Zahoor Ahmed, a citizen of Yemen, on the ground that she had sought to smuggle two children into the United States. Ahmed and her husband Moshin Yafai — a United States citizen — filed suit challenging the officer's decision. But the decision is facially...

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