United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on a challenge to its denial of a petition for a change of immigration status is affirmed where the agency's finding that petitioner was not engaged primarily in managerial duties was supported by substantial evidence, and its denial was neither arbitrary or capricious, nor an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2006
• Published 12/04/2006

Judges

• GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  GOODWIN and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Piston, Troy, MI, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher L. Pickrell, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.