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Santillan v. Mukasey

3:04-cv-02686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 6, 2004

Closed Date: July 21, 2010

On July 6, 2004, individuals who had been granted the status of lawful permanent resident by the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the United States Attorney General, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and its Director, and the San Francisco District Director under 5 U.S.C. § 551…
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Abdulle v. Gonzales

3:05-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 7, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On July 7, 2005, Petitioner, a native and citizen of Somalia, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, to challenge the constitutionality of his continued detention. Petition was initially admitted to the U.S. in November 1986. On May 24th, 2004, the petitioner was detained pending removal proceedings because of numerous criminal convictions and for overstaying the time permitted by his non-immigrant…
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Agarwal v. District Director of U.S. INS

68-01957 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: 1968

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 1969

In 1968, a 39 year old non-immigrant industrial trainee from India filed a petition for Judicial Review of a decision rendered by the Regional Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Services against the District Director of the U.S. INS in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Petitioner instituted this action for review of the District Director's decision denying his petition for classification under section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Peti…
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Aparcio v. Blakeway

5:00-cv-00434 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 14, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

On April 14, 2000, three Mexican nationals who had applied for naturalization filed a class-action lawsuit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleging that the INS improperly used and relied upon confidential information taken from their prior applications made in the Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) program, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1160 et seq. Under the SAW program, seasonal agricultural workers could apply for "tempora…
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Berger v. Heckler

1:76-cv-01420 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 1976

In 1976, Berger, a Russian immigrant who overstayed his visa, filed suit in the in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to challenge the termination of his Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits. Plaintiff alleged that he was legally in the U.S. under an order of supervision but was denied SSI benefits because federal officials determined that he was not permanently residing in the United States "under color of law." Plaintiff amended his complaint in …
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Cardoso v. Reno

3:98-cv-01181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 18, 1998

Closed Date: 2000

On May 18, 1998, three aliens from Mexico filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that the U.S. Attorney General violated a number of federal immigration statutes. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief requiring the Attorney General to "(a) allow them to remain in the United States, (b) issue work authorization and, when a visa is available to them (c) allow them to adjust status in the United States."The government moved t…
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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…
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Cervantes v. Guerra

1:79-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 1979

Closed Date: July 13, 1981

In 1979, plaintiffs, two legal resident aliens, filed a lawsuit against the Hidalgo County Community Action Agency, Inc. [HCCAA] in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, challenging the Hidalgo County Community Action Agency's bylaws which excluded aliens from serving on its board of directors or voting in board elections. The Hidalgo County Community Action Agency, Inc. was a nonprofit corporation organized under Texas law that received federal funds under Title II of t…
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Turkmen v. Ashcroft

1:02-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2002

Turkmen v. Ashcroft, also known as Ziglar v. Abbasi, is one of two related actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York by plaintiffs who were investigated and detained for suspected terrorist ties in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It was filed on April 17, 2002 as a class-action lawsuit, but the class was never certified. The case was assigned to Judge John Gleeson. (The related case, Elmaghraby v. Ashcroft (later Ashcroft v. Iqbal), was also assigned to Judge …
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Ahn v. U.S.

4:99-cv-03950 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 1999

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 1999

Plaintiffs were a group of ''Immigrant Investors'' who participated in the ''EB-5'' program, which grants lawful permanent resident (''LPR'') status in the United States to those who make qualifying investments under the Immigrant Investor Law (''IIL''), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1153(b)(5), 1186b. On August 24, 1999, Plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) improperly applied its current interpretati…