Usdhs

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 27 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OLASEBIKAN N. AKINMULERO, No. 23-35364

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01135-RSL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY; UNITED STATES

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

SERVICES,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

GENERAL; SECRETARY, Department of Homeland Security; DIRECTOR, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Submitted February 27, 2025**

Before: S.R. THOMAS, SILVERMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff, a Nigerian national with a long history in immigration proceedings,

sought adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255 outside of removal proceedings.

After the agency denied relief, plaintiff challenged the decision in district court,

alleging…