ASSE International, Inc. v. Kerry

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR REMAND TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE

CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff ASSE brought this suit against the U.S. State Department and other defendants after the State Department imposed “lesser sanctions” on it based on its alleged violations of the regulations governing a cultural exchange program involving foreign workers in the United States. ASSE asserted both that the State Department’s determination was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and that ASSE’s Fifth Amendment…