NETO v. THOMPSON

Civ. No. 20-00618 (KM) (JBC).

506 F.Supp.3d 239 (2020)

Nelson Torres de Lima NETO, Plaintiff, v. John THOMPSON, District Director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Northeast Region, and Paulo Correia, Field Office Director of the USCIS-Newark Field Office, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Paul Copeland , Rapid Defense Network, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Enes Hajdarpasic , United States Attorney's Office, Newark, NJ, for Defendants.


OPINION

Nelson Torres de Lima Neto, a non-citizen, applied to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (the "Service") for adjustment of his immigration status to a lawful permanent resident. The Service denied his application based on its interpretation of 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) (which...

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