Million Dollar Plea over Delays in Visa Rejected

In Samar Chatterjee v. U.S. Consul General et al., No. 07-2172, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the plaintiff's plea for one million dollars in damages in response to the delay and initial rejection of his fiance's visa. After the issuance of his fiance's visa, the plaintiff dropped its original claim for damages against the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service.

However, he still asked the Court to admonish or sanction the remaining defendant, the U.S. Counsel General in Mubai, India for its conduct, id. at 1. Since the plaintiff has not come forth with a cause of action to base his claim, and has failed to identify a basis for the Court's jurisdiction over this motion, the complaint was dismissed, on August 27, 2009, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. -- Stephanie Petrew, legal assistant, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.

Thu, 15:30:10 27 Aug 2009 / Embassy Law Link

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