Immigration.com - I-485 Litigation

I-485 Litigation

On 22 December 2003, ImmigrationPortal.Com, our online community and others have filed a lawsuit against United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (earlier known as INS) challenging the delays in processing of some applications for employment based immigrants.

The complaint is available at:
http://www.immigrationportal.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=651497

Related discussions in the community can be found here:
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107834

The community had made several concerted efforts to redress this problem through the government and the legislature. Thousands of people signed and submitted several petitions, but no action was taken by the government. For a copy of one of these petitions, please see:
http://www.immigration.com/common/rsk/petition_I485.html

Having failed in their efforts, filing a lawsuit was the only option left to the community.

For further information, please contact Counsel for the Plaintiffs, Rajiv S. Khanna, Phone 703-908-4800. Or join the online discussions at
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107834

Documents Filed And Proceedings These links lead you to the documents that have been filed with the court and formal Proceedings so far.	Further Action Go to the links below to help in this effort and suggest other ways we can be more effective	Related Discussions These are links related to discussions on the litigation.	FAQs Frequently asked questions on the litigation.
Copy of Complaint Filed for I-485 delays 12/22/2003	Petition in Support of I-485 Backlog Reduction	Settlement Proposal - Please Comment	Link 1
Defendants' Motion for Extension 02/13/2004	Link 1	ImmigrationPortal Link 1	I-485 Litigation FAQ
Court Order Granting Extension 02/17/2004	Link 2	A lesson in getting organized	I-485 Litigation FAQ
Settlement Memorandum
Class Certification Motion 03/10/2004
Affidavit in Support of Motion for Class Cert. 03/10/2004
Proposed Order in Support of Motion for Class Cert. 03/10/2004
Govt's Response to the Complaint 03/31/2004
Class Action Opposition
Class Certification Reply to Opposition
Transcript of motion hearing before the Honorable James Robertson, United States District Judge 06/06/2004
Notice of Deposition under F.R.C.P. Rule 30(b)(6) 06/25/2004
Plaintiffs' First Request for Production of Documents 07/28/2004
Transcript Of Deposition - PAUL PIERRE 08/06/2004