Shabaj v. Holder

Plaintiff-Appellant Paulin Shabaj (“Sha-baj”) appeals from a December 21, 2011 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.) dismissing his complaint. The judgment was entered in accordance with a December 19, 2011 order holding that the district court lacked jurisdiction to review the decision of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) to deny Shabaj’s application for a waiver of inadmissibility pursuant to section 212® of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182® (a “212® waiver”). Because the…