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Akhtar v. Burzynski

8:02-cv-00245 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 7, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On March 7, 2002, children of lawful permanent U.S. residents filed a lawsuit under 28 U.S.C. Section 2201 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, challenging the validity of an "age-out" provision in regulations governing nonimmigrant "V" visas. V visas were established as part of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act of 2000 (LIFE Act) and granted temporary lawful status to spouses and children of l…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh

3:85-cv-03255 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 7, 1985

Closed Date: May 24, 1999

On July 7, 1985, religious and refugee service organizations and two individual undocumented aliens brought a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against various government officials, including the United States Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, challenging prosecutions for harboring undocumented aliens. The plaintiffs contended that the defendants' application of immigration laws violated the First Amendment and equal protection. The plaintiff…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zambrano v. INS

2:88-cv-00455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 12, 1988

Closed Date: 2002

On April 12, 1988, six undocumented aliens filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging regulations issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), which implemented the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). This case was one of three "late amnesty cases" filed in the federal courts in California against the INS. The other two cases were Catholic Social Services v. Meese, 2…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Catholic Social Services v. Ashcroft

2:86-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1986

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2014

On Nov. 12, 1986, Catholic Social Services filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's ("INS") interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). This case was one of three "late amnesty cases" filed in the federal courts in California against the INS. The other two case were Zambrano v. INS, S-88-455 EJG (E.D.Cal.) and LULAC v. INS; 2:87-cv-04757-WDK-CW (C.D.C…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
LULAC v. INS

2:87-cv-04757 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 22, 1987

Closed Date: April 25, 2007

This case, Newman v. INS (originally LULAC v. INS) was a companion case to Catholic Social Services v. Reno (IM-CA-11 of this collection). Both cases were filed by attorneys for the Center For Human Rights & Constitutional Law and challenged the INS' interpretation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"), which established a one-time only amnesty program through which aliens could apply for lawful temporary resident status. Catholic Social Services v. Reno was filed in Nov…
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Canales v. Novak

1:99-cv-07450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 1999

Closed Date: 2000

On November 15, 1999, attorneys for the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and private counsel filed suit in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) on behalf of all Honduras nationals who had timely submitted prima facie applications for temporary protected status with the Vermont Service Center, but who had not received temporary benefits from the INS, such as employment authorization.Our case information is limited to the entries reflected in the PACER docket. According…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Immigrant Assistance Project of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) v. INS

2:88-cv-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 24, 1988

Closed Date: 2008

On March 24, 1988, individual nonimmigrant aliens and various immigration rights organizations filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging certain INS policies and regulations relating to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Specifically, plaintiffs challenged the interpretation of the requirement that to qualify for legalization under the IRCA the nonimmigrant must have lived continuously and unlawfully in the U.S. since January 1…

Opinion

Immigration Assistance Project of the LA County Federation of Labor v. INS

March 7, 1989

Opinion

Immigrant Assistance Project of the L.A. County Fed'n of Labor v. INS

June 8, 1989

[Ninth Circuit] Opinion [Affirming in Part and Reversing in Part the District Court's Order]

Legalization Assistance Program of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) v. INS

Sept. 18, 1992

[Chambers] Opinion [of Justice O'Connor Staying the District Court's Protective Order Pending Appeal to the Ninth Circuit]

INS v. Legalization Assistance Project of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Nov. 26, 1993

[Supreme Court] Order [Granting Certiorari, Vacating and Remanding]

INS v. Legalization Assistance Project of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Dec. 6, 1993

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Kasbati v. District Director of INS

1:92-cv-05522 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1992

Closed Date: 1992

On August 17, 1992, plaintiff Abdul Kasbati, an alien detained pending exclusionary proceedings, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Kasbati was a native of Pakistan who resided in the U.S. since 1981. He was granted class membership in a class action lawsuit, Catholic Social Services v. Meese, 685 F.Supp. 1149 (E.D.Cal.1988), aff'd, CSS v. Thornburgh, 956 F.2d 914 (9th Cir.1992), which challenged the INS' implementati…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ramos v. Thornburgh

6:89-cv-00042 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1989

Closed Date: Aug. 21, 1997

In 1989, a group of refugees from El Salvador who had filed applications for political asylum filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging the way the INS processed their asylum applications and its refusal to issue interim employment authorizations while their applications were pending. Specifically, plaintiffs challenged the INS' implementation of regulations contained in 8 C.F.R. § 274 (1986), which permitted an alien who has filed an…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Narenji v. Civiletti; Confederation of Iranian Students v. Civiletti

1:79-03189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1979

Closed Date: 1980

In 1979, two separate groups of non-immigrant students from Iran filed class action lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the constitutionality of 8 C.F.R. § 214.5, a regulation that required all Iranian non-immigrant postsecondary students in the U.S. to report to the nearest INS office for identification and examination of status. 8 C.F.R. § 214.5 was issued by the Attorney General, in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis which began on November 4, 1…