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POURSINA v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP & IMMIG. SERV.

No. 17-16579.

936 F.3d 868 (2019)

Mohammad POURSINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; David Roark, Director, Texas Service Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; James McCament, Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Ron Rosenberg, Chief, Administrative Appeals Office, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy Tolchin (argued) and Megan Brewer , Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Yamileth G. Davila (argued) and Glenn Girdharry , Assistant Directors; William C. Peachey , Director, District Court Section; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice; Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

We must decide whether federal courts may review the denial of a "national-interest waiver" by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to an Iranian citizen with advanced engineering degrees who sought a permanent visa.

I

A

Mohammad Poursina is an Iranian citizen...

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