SESAY v. UNITED STATES

No. 19-2146.

984 F.3d 312 (2021)

Anthony M. SESAY; Mabinty Sesay, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Jeffrey A. Rosen, Acting United States Attorney General; Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State; Maria E. Brewer, Ambassador of the United States in Freetown, Sierra Leone; Number 1 Jane Doe, Employee of U.S. Government and Adjudicating Officer at U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Parva Fattahi , FATTAHI IMMIGRATION LAW, LLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellants. Alan Carl Lazerow , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robert K. Hur , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Chief Judge Groh joined.


Appellants Anthony Sesay, a United States citizen, and his daughter Mabinty Sesay, a citizen and resident of Sierra Leone, challenge the denial of a visa to Ms. Sesay. The district court dismissed appellants' complaint under the doctrine of consular nonreviewability. We affirm.

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