United States v. 2012-06-13 | 11-35249 | ANIL RIJAL V. USCIS | precedential | opinion |

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 ANIL RIJAL, Individually,
No. 11-35249 Petitioner-Appellant,
D.C. No. v.  2:10-cv-00709-RAJUNITED 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.
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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.
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