United States DC Circuit

If a plaintiff has been granted first preference employment-based immigrant status from the INS, his appeal of the denial of his second preference employment-based immigration petition becomes moot.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/11/2001
• Decided 12/28/2001
• Published 12/28/2001

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr. argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fred E. Haynes, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the briefs were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, R. Craig Lawrence and Michael J. Ryan, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.