Legal Opinion
Sagarwala v. Cissna
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 15, 2019No. Civil Action No.: 18-2860 (RC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Usha Sagarwala is a citizen of India who claims that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") unlawfully denied her an H-1B visa, a status granted to foreign citizens employed in "specialty occupation[s]." 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(B). Seeking a court order that would require USCIS to grant her visa petition, Sagarwala brought this lawsuit against the agency's Director under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). See 5 U.S.C. § 706. As the Court will explain below, however, review under the…
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