Legal Opinion
Shashikant Patel v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Servs.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2013No. 12-1962PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKethledge, J., joined by Sutton, J.,
DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 638-45), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Peshtal Inc. filed a petition for an employment visa on behalf of Shashikant Patel under 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(3). The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services denied the petition. Patel then filed suit in federal district court under the Administrative Procedure Act, challenging the denial as arbitrary and capricious. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of prudential standing. We reverse.
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