United States Ninth Circuit
L.A. Closeout, Inc. v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 06-56084
A decision affirming U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (CIS) denial of plaintiff's application to adjust his status from a B-2 tourist visa to an H-1B visa for specialty occupation workers is affirmed over claims that: 1) CIS's use of an internal memorandum interpreting a regulation violated the notice and comment requirements of the APA; and 2) CIS's interpretation of the regulation contradicts the language of the regulation.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/07/2007
- Decided 01/18/2008
- Published 01/18/2008
Judges
- PER CURIAM:, Before: HARRY PREGERSON, JOHN T. NOONAN, and STEPHEN S. TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Wade J. Chernick, Law Office of Wade J. Chernick, Encino, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Carla A. Ford, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.