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DE DANDRADE v. U.S. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC.

17-cv-9604 (PKC).

367 F.Supp.3d 174 (2019)

Soraya Frances DE DANDRADE, Maria Vasquez, Daysi Moya, Marisol Ojeda De Nunez, Obdulia Ruiz, Juana Jimenez, Eduvigis A. Del Rosario, Chou Hang, Miguelina De La Cruz, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, and Project Citizenship, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and L. Francis Cissna, Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed February 15, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 462 Naturalization Application
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Clarke, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Jojo Annobil, Immigrant Justice Corps, Shannon Suzanne McKinnon, Cooley LLP, Chavi Keeney Nana, Christopher Ronald Noyes, Jeffrey David Coleman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Christopher D. Lamb, Theresa Dawn Lawson, Bronx Legal Services, Bronx, NY, Felicia H. Ellsworth, Kevin M. Yurkerwich, Paloma Naderi, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Jason Baumetz, Alaska Immigration Justice Project, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiffs.

Kirti Vaidya Reddy, Anthony Jan-Huan Sun, U.S. Attorney's Office, New York, NY, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

Lawful permanent residents ("LPRs") are required to pass an English language exam and a civics exam before becoming citizens, unless the exam requirements are waived. Nine LPRs and two non-profit organizations filed this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief with respect...

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