Legal Opinion
Gebre v. Rice
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 21, 2006No. Civil Action 05-11321-WGYPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
1. INTRODUCTION AND UNDISPUTED FACTS
In this action the plaintiff, Engidashet W. Gebre (“Gebre”), seeks an order in the nature of a writ of mandamus against the defendants, Department of State and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to compel them to issue an immigrant visa to his wife, Tiringo T. Tegebelu (“Tegebelu”).
Gebre is an immigrant from Ethiopia who applied and “won” a visa through the Diversity Visa Program’s “visa lottery” for the United States fiscal year 2002. At the time of his initial application to the Diversity Visa Program, Gebre was…
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