Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Napolitano
District Court, E.D. California
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.
This class action addressed the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s improper decision to turn away certain applicants for legalization during a one-year period from 1987 to 1988. The court approved the parties’ settlement agreement in January 2004. On December 14, 2009, 2009 WL 4928377, the court issued an order that, inter alia, granted plaintiffs’ motion to enforce the settlement agreement because the defendants had relied upon a 1991 abandonment regulation to deny the legalization applications of some *1062class members, in violation of the…
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