Mehrdad Hosseini v. Jeh Johnson

OPINION

DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Mehrdad Hosseini (“Hos-seini”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim. Hosseini sought review of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS’s”) denial of his application to adjust his status from that of an asylee to that of a permanent resident. Defendants Rand Beers 1 and others, moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and, alternatively, to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. The district court held that it had subject-matter…