U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- John Baylor Nalbandian
- Filed
- Dec. 19, 2018
- Case
- Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen
- Case status
- Decided
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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…
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