MIKE GOVENDER HATCHET,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DANIEL W. ANDRADE, Director of Nashville Field
Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Secretary of U.S.
Department of Homeland Security; UR MENDOZA
JADDOU, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 23-5920 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 3:20-cv-00693—William Lynn Campbell, Jr., District Judge.
Decided and Filed: July 3, 2024
Before: MOORE, MURPHY, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Mike Govender Hatchet sought, on
numerous occasions, an adjustment of his immigration status to that of lawful permanent
resident. To do so, he applied for such discretionary relief, which was adjudicated by the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). USCIS denied each of Hatchet’s
applications, relying on facts that it found rendered Hatchet ineligible for discretionary relief.
Eventually, Hatchet challenged the agency’s actions in federal district court, claiming, in effect,
that the agency relied on facts clearly at odds with the record. But because Congress has stripped
us of our ability to review such claims concerned with the facts found during discretionary-relief
proceedings, we AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. |