Category : Courts


Investors Win Appellate Reversal Of EB-5 Visa Denial
Posted on 09/10/2020 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unreasonably denied a group of investors’ petitions for EB-5 visas on the basis that their investment didn’t comply with the rules of the program.

Minor Lies Can’t Be Used to Revoke Citizenship, Supreme Court Rules
Posted on 07/11/2017 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

On June 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the issue of when a lie during the naturalization process may lead to loss of U.S. citizenship (Opinion, PDF). Divna… Read More

Fifth Circuit Denies Emergency Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against DAPA and Expanded DACA
Posted on 06/01/2015 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

On May 26, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Obama administration’s request for an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction against its Deferred Action… Read More

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Federal Jury Awards $14 Million To Five Trafficked Indian Guest Workers
Posted on 03/06/2015 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

In the first of a series of cases spearheaded by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) involving several hundred clients, a federal jury awarded five Indian guest workers $14 million… Read More

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Court Blocks Expanded DACA, DAPA; Obama Administration Appeals
Posted on 02/27/2015 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

On February 23, 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed paperwork to seek a stay of a federal district court decision to block temporarily some of President Obama’s latest executive… Read More

Federal Jury Awards $14 Million To Five Trafficked Indian Guest Workers
Posted on by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

In the first of a series of cases spearheaded by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) involving several hundred clients, a federal jury awarded five Indian guest workers $14 million… Read More

U.S. District Court Dismisses Sheriff’s Challenge to Obama’s Executive Action
Posted on 01/07/2015 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

On December 23, 2014, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joseph Arpaio’s motion for a preliminary injunction against… Read More

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States, Governors File Suit Against President’s Executive Actions on Immigration
Posted on 12/23/2014 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

Various states and four governors filed suit on December 3, 2014, challenging several of President Barack Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration, announced on November 20 and detailed in Department… Read More

U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court in Specialized Knowledge Case
Posted on 11/04/2014 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently reversed and remanded the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the government in Fogo de Chao (Holdings)… Read More

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Local Ordinance Cases
Posted on 04/01/2014 by Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation

The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on March 3, 2014, in several recent cases relating to local ordinances aimed at undocumented persons. In City of Hazleton v. Lozano, the U.S.… Read More

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