Wenmin Ma v. Uscis Dir.

1 Citing case

  1. Sakoo v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs.

    Case No. 19-11540 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 16, 2019)

    Notably, courts repeatedly uphold the validity of the Secretary's revocation of visa petitions upon the death of the petitioning relative. See Mehanna v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 677 F.3d 312, 314 (6th Cir. 2012); Doe v. McAleenan, 926 F.3d 910, 913 (7th Cir. 2019); Bernardo v. Johnson, 814 F.3d 481, 484 (1st Cir. 2016); Green v. Napolitano, 627 F.3d 1341, 1346 (10th Cir. 2010); Abdelwahab v. Frazier, 578 F.3d 817, 821 (8th Cir. 2009); Sands v. DHS, 308 F. App'x 418, 419 (11th Cir. 2009); Ghanem v. Upchurch, 481 F.3d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 2007); Jilin Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Chertoff, 447 F.3d 196, 204 (3d Cir. 2006); El-Khader v. Monica, 366 F.3d 562, 568 (7th Cir. 2004); see also Desai v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Serv., No. 14-593, 2015 WL 12570904, at *2 (C.D. Cal. July 24, 2015) (denial of petitions on behalf of relatives of citizens who die while the petition is pending is a "long-standing practice"); Ma v. USCIS Dir., No. 15-cv-05672-MEJ, 2016 WL 5118367 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 21, 2016) (agency's interpretation of section 1155 is entitled to deference.)