Anil Rijal v. Uscis

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: June 13, 2012
• Docket: 11-35249
• Status: Published

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANIL RIJAL, Individually,  Petitioner-Appellant, No. 11-35249 v.  D.C. No. 2:10-cv-00709-RAJ UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, ORDER Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 4, 2012* Seattle, Washington

Filed June 13, 2012

Before: Barry G. Silverman and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Dolly M. Gee, District Judge.**

COUNSEL

Robert O. Wells, Jr., Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, Seat- tle, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant.

Jeffrey M. Bauer, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.

*The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable Dolly M. Gee, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

6735 6736 RIJAL v. USCIS ORDER

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Anil Rijal appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Citizenship and Immi- gration Services, affirming the denial of his petition for an immigration visa preference as an alien of “extraordinary abil- ity” pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1)(A). We adopt as our own the well-reasoned published opinion of the district court, Rijal v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 772 F.Supp. 2d 1339 (W.D. Wash. 2011).

AFFIRMED.