Federal Court Litigation/Appeals

If you have received an adverse decision from United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) or the Immigration Court, you have the right to appeal the decision to the Administrative Appeals Office or the Board of Immigration Appeals. You may also have the right to appeal a decision to a federal court. Julie Ferguson began her legal career as a federal court litigator. She does not shy away from appealing adverse decisions or initiating federal court action against the Department of Homeland Security or its affiliated agencies if such steps are necessary to resolve adjudication delays or complicated legal matters. The Firm has had tremendous success challenging delayed adjustment and naturalization applications in federal district court. In a recent victory for one of the firms client's, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida remanded a Cuban adjustment application to USCIS for prompt action holding that "no agency responsible for resolving matters of public interest should be free to let those matters pend in perpetuity ..." Jones v. Gonzales, June 21, 2007.

Federal Court Litigation Services:

Mandamus actions to compel government agencies such as USCIS or the U.S. Consulate to make a decision on delayed applications for naturalization, residency, and visa petitions.

District Court appeals of the denial of an application for naturalization. After USCIS affirms a denial of an application for naturalization, this denial may be appealed directly to the federal district court.

Petitions for Review to the U.S. Court of Appeals on denials of asylum applications, denials affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals, and other complicated legal matters or constitutional issues.

Appealing denials of family- and employment-based petitions and applications to federal court.