Legal Opinion
Liu v. Lynch
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 3, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. H-14-3052PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
Lee H. Rosenthal, United States District Judge
Wen Liu and Ho Yin Lam, the plaintiffs, sued the United States Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and five others (together, “the government”). Liu and Lam alleged that the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision upholding the denial by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) of the 1-130 petition Lam filed on Liu’s behalf was arbitrary and capricious. Liu and Lam sought a declaratory judgment under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et…
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