Legal Opinion
Kazarian v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2009No. 07-56774PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge D.W. NELSON; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.
*1032D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Poghos Kazarian appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”), finding that the US-CIS’s denial of an “extraordinary ability” visa was not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On December 31, 2003, Poghos Kazarian, a thirty-four-year-old native and citizen of Armenia, filed an application for an employment-based immigrant visa…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tongatapu Woodcraft Hawaii, Ltd. v. Sam I. Feldman, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Family Inc., a Washington Corporation Tae Jung Oh v. Us Citizenship and Immigration Services, an Agency of the United State GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Man Soo Lee v. ZiglarDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2002
- Muni v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
- Buletini v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1994
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Kazarian v. US CitizenshipCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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