MESTANEK v. JADDOU

No. 22-2285.

93 F.4th 164 (2024)

Robert MESTANEK; Mary Mestanek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ur M. JADDOU, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Bruce Banias , BANIAS LAW, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants. Julian Michael Kurz , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C. for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, William C. Peachey , Director, District Court Section, Sarah Vuong , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Thacker joined.


This appeal concerns the second of two Form I-130 petitions filed on behalf of Robert Mestanek, a native and citizen of the Czech Republic. Both petitions sought to establish that Robert was the bona fide spouse of a U.S. citizen and thus eligible for lawful permanent residence in the United States. The first petition was...

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