U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Damon Jerome Keith
- Judge Eric L. Clay
- Judge John Baylor Nalbandian
Case history
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Dec. 19, 2018decided Decision issued in Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen
Opinions and writings
NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Mehrdad Hosseini fled his native Iran and obtained asylum in the United States in 1999. Two years later, he applied to adjust his legal status to become a lawful permanent resident. But the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") denied that application after concluding that Hosseini provided material support to two Iranian terrorist organ…