Kamel v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Subramanian
- 1:23-cv-10490
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Kamel v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Judge Subramanian ordered both sides to brief Xia’s relevance to a pending dismissal motion.
The plaintiffs, Engi Ahmed Kamel and Ahmed Mohamed Kamel Abosamak, and the defendants, including United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, must address the relevance of Xia v. Bondi in letters due July 14, 2025.
What happened
In Kamel v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the court ordered the parties to address whether a Second Circuit decision, Xia v. Bondi, is relevant to the defendants’ pending motion to dismiss.
Each side must submit a letter of no more than two pages by July 14, 2025. The order does not describe the underlying claims or the arguments in the dismissal motion.
Judge Arun Subramanian issued the order on July 9, 2025. The court did not rule on the motion to dismiss or decide the merits of the case.
The detailed version
- Kamel v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · No. 1:23-cv-10490
- Subramanian
- July 9, 2025
Order
The court ordered each side to submit a letter addressing the relevance, if any, of the Second Circuit’s decision in Xia v. Bondi, 137 F.4th 85 (2d Cir. 2025), to the defendants’ pending motion to dismiss.
Each letter must be no more than two pages and must be submitted by July 14, 2025.
Disposition
This order directs supplemental briefing. It does not decide the pending motion to dismiss, the parties’ underlying claims, or the merits of the case.
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