Legal Opinion
Fingerson v. Department of Homeland Security
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided July 26, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-00782-TBRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Thomas B. Russell, Senior Judge, United States District Court
Brian E. Fingerson filed this action against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,1 challenging USCIS’s denial of the Form 1-130, Petition for Alien Relative, he filed on behalf of Banele Gu-mede, his putative adopted son. USCIS erred, Fingerson argues, because the regulation upon which it relied to deny his petition, 8 C.F.R. § 204.2(d)(2)(vii), eon-fliets with 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1). He seeks declaratory and injunctive relief under the Administrative Procedure Act,…
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