Legal Opinion
Fateh v. Blinken
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 29, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2023-1277Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KOSAR FATEH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:23-cv-1277-RCL ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Secretary of State, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are five Iranian citizens who applied for nonimmigrant visas at the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. Their Iranian citizenship complicates their ability to receive a visa because Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Plaintiffs contend that the lengthy periods they have spent awaiting final decisions on their visa applications amount to unreasonable delay in violation of the…
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