The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit found that district courts had no equitable authority to require the Department of State to issue diversity visas past the applicable statutory deadlines.
The full text of Goodluck v. Biden can be found here:
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The DC Circuit has dismissed an unreasonable delay action brought by EB-5 petitioners, finding that absent any credible allegations that USCIS is not following their own processing rules, allowing individual litigants to “skip the line” would not do anything to systemically improve processing times.
The full text of Da Costa v. Immigration Investor Program Office can be found here: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/1620A36CDDF5CDD985258A0F00514CE6/$file/22-5313-2013134.pdf
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has determined that the denial of a non-citizen’s visa does not impinge on any fundamental constitutional rights held by the applicant’s U.S.-citizen spouse. The court also found that a mere statutory citation to section 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the INA is sufficient to meet the “facially legitimate and bona fide” standard laid out by Justice Kennedy in Kerry v. Din and to shield the visa denial from any further review in federal court under the doctrine of consular nonreviewability.
The full text of Colindres v. DOS can be found here:
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has determined that there is no jurisdiction to review the denial of an adjustment of status application under the Administrative Procedure Act.
The full text of Abuzeid v. Mayorkas can be found here: