Akhtar v. Burzynski

384 F.3d 1193 Burhan AKHTAR; Rechy Monzon Sese; Emerson Angeles, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James J. BURZYNSKI, Director of the Missouri Service Center of the I & NS; Immigration and Naturalization Service; James Opinion Ziglar, Commissioner of the I & NS; John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-57037. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 3, 2004. Filed October 5, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Robert J. Dupont, Robert L. Reeves & Associates, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA; Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Civil Division, Los Angeles, CA; Katherine M. Hikida, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00245-DOC. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges. JAMES R. BROWNING, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 Rechy Monzon Sese and Emerson Angeles 1 appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Appellees. 2 Both…