Legal Opinion
Love Korean Church v. Chertoff
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 5, 2008No. 07-55093PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Love Korean Church (the “Church”) appeals an order of the district court affirming the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (“CIS”) revocation of a visa petition filed by the Church on behalf its choir director. The Church had sought to have its choir director, a Korean citizen, classified as a “special immigrant” religious worker within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(C). Because the revocation of the visa petition was predicated on legal error and findings of fact unsupported by substantial evidence, we vacate the judgment of the district court…
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