GONZALEZ v. CUCCINELLI

No. 19-1435.

985 F.3d 357 (2021)

Ansberto Fernandez GONZALEZ; Vilma Olivares Salguero; Camelia Guerrero Antonio; Jacinto Perez Acosta, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Maria Elena Maldonado Juarez, Plaintiff, v. Kenneth T. CUCCINELLI, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellees. Asista; Tahirih Justice Center; Freedom Network (USA); Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking; Casa de Esperanza; National Resource Center on Domestic Violence; National Domestic Violence Hotline; National Immigrant Justice Center; Immigration Center for Women and Children, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Bruce Banias , BARNWELL, WHALEY, PATTERSON, AND HELMS, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants. Lori B. Warlick , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, Joshua B. Royster , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Julie Carpenter , Richard Caldarone , TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER, Falls Church, Virginia; Sejal Zota , ASISTA IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE, Suffield, Connecticut, for Amici Curiae Non-Profit Organizations.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Harris and Judge Quattlebaum join.


This case presents a challenge to agency delay and inaction. Plaintiffs are aliens unlawfully present in the United States who seek U-Visas as victims of serious crimes who cooperated with law enforcement. They allege that the Department of Homeland Security has unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed adjudication...

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