FOFANA v. MAYORKAS

No. 20-1623.

4 F.4th 668 (2021)

Abrahim Mohamed FOFANA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro MAYORKAS, Secretary of Homeland Security; Tracy Renaud, in her official capacity as Acting Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Connie Nolan, Acting Associate Director and Service Center Operations Directorate, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Leslie Tritten, Director, Minneapolis St. Paul Field Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wilson , Wilson Law Group, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph F. Carilli, Jr. , Ruth Ann Mueller , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Yamileth Davila , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Friedrich Anson Paul Siekert , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns an application by Abrahim Mohamed Fofana, a citizen of Liberia, for adjustment of status to legal permanent resident in the United States. The government denied Fofana's application, and he brought suit against several officials under the Administrative Procedure Act. The district court granted summary...

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