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· 6/17/2005

Zhu, Zhouqin v. Gonzales, Alberto

Citations

  • 411 F.3d 292
  • 366 U.S. App. D.C. 316
  • 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 87
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 11542
  • 2005 WL 1412413

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming that district court lacked jurisdiction to review USCIS’s denial of national interest waiver
  • assuming only for the sake of argument that what is in the “national interest” is a manageable legal standard
  • “That the - 9 - Attorney General has complete discretion with respect to the labor certification requirement is established by the terms of [§ 1153(b)(2)(B)(i)].”
  • use of “may” and “deem” in 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(B)(i) committed decision to the Attorney 9 General’s discretion
  • \That the Attorney General has complete discretion with respect to the labor certification requirement is established by the terms of the waiver provision [under section 1153(b)(2)(B)(i)].\
  • “[W]e think it unlikely the Congress intended that, regardless of context, no grant of authority to the Attorney General be deemed discretionary unless it uses the word ‘discretion.’”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Edwards, Garland

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