Ahmed v. Cuccinelli


18‐3298‐cv Ahmed v. Cuccinelli UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURTʹS LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION ʺSUMMARY ORDERʺ). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 18th day of February, two thousand twenty. PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, GUIDO CALABRESI, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges. ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐x THANI AHMED, ALI YAHYA, BASHAR YAHYA, SUAAD YAHYA, ABU MOBAREZ, HASNA MOBAREZ, TAREQ ALJAHMI, EMAN ALGAHMI, YAHYA ALJAHMI, JABRA NAJI, BASHEER AL‐ KHADER, JULIE ALI, HUSSEIN MOHAMEN, SALEH MOHAMED, MOMENAH ALSADI, AIDAH MOFLEH, AMIRA AL‐GAADI, WASSIM AL‐GAADI, ESHRAK AL‐GAADI, INTISAR MOFLEHI, MANSOUR AL‐GAADI, ANSAM MOHAMMED, ABDULQAWI MOHAMMED, KHALED MOHAMMED, ABDULCAFI MOHAMMED, Plaintiffs‐Appellants, ‐v‐ 18‐3298‐cv KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, SARAH SHERGILL, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Rome Field Office Director, JOSEPH LANGOLIS, Europe Middle East and Africa District Director, UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN DJIBOUTI, UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ETHIOPIA, UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN SUDAN, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, WILLIAM BARR, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendants-Appellees.* ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐x FOR PLAINTIFFS‐APPELLANTS: JULIE A. GOLDBERG, Goldberg and Associates, Bronx, New York. FOR DEFENDANTS‐APPELLEES: LI YU, Assistant United States Attorney (Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Failla, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. * Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II is substituted for former Director Lee Francis Cissna, and current Rome Field Office Director Sarah Shergill is substituted for former Field Office Director Laurie O’Bryon. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption as ...

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