Charles Kibaara Nyaga, Doin Kainyu Kibaara v. Joh Ashcroft, Rosemary Melville

The Defendants — John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, and Rosemary Langley Melville, District Director of the Atlanta Division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)— appeal from the district court’s order granting mandamus relief to the Plaintiffs, Charles Kibaara Nyaga (Nyaga) and his wife, Doin Kainyu Kibarra (Kibarra).1 Nyaga, a resident alien, qualified for a diversity immigrant visa through the Fiscal Year 1998 Diversity Visa Program’s random selection process. He submitted an application to adjust his status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a), but the INS did…