By: Derek Hawkins//December 13, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Ruder M. Calderon-Ramirez v. James W. McCament, et al.
Case No.: 16-4220
Officials: BAUER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and DARROW, * District Judge.
Focus: Immigration
Ruder Calderon-Ramirez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, filed a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status on February 5, 2015. Due to a significant backlog, Ramirez is waiting to be evaluated for the waiting list. On August 15, 2016, he filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Northern District of Illinois requesting that the district court compel Leon Rodriguez, Director of Homeland Security, and Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, (collectively, “Defendants”), to adjudicate his U-visa petition. Ramirez argues the wait to be placed on the waiting list is unreasonable. The district court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Ramirez now appeals. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
Affirmed