Raduga USA Corp. v. United States Department of State

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; ISSUING WRIT OF MANDAMUS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE

MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.

On May 14, 2004, Plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and a writ in the nature of mandamus. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants have unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed Plaintiffs Romanavskiy and Yakove-leva’s visa applications. Pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order, the parties filed cross motions for summary judgment. In its moving papers, the government claimed that the United…