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PEREZ v. CISSNA

No. 18-1330.

914 F.3d 846 (2019)

Felipe Perez PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee Francis CISSNA, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 29, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Bruce Banias , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON AND HELMS, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Sheetul S. Wall , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, William C. Peachey , Director, Brian Ward , Senior Litigation Counsel, District Court Section, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson joined. Judge King wrote a dissenting opinion.

This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile ("SIJ") requirements. One of the requirements is a qualifying state court custody order. Today, we address...

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