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Case TitleBehring Capital LLC v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
DistrictNorthern District of California
CitySan Francisco
Case Number3:2024cv02567
Date Filed2024-04-29
Date ClosedOpen
JudgeJudge Edward M Chen
PlaintiffBehring Capital LLC
Case DescriptionBehring Capital, Inc., a company that helps sponsor projects under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for records concerning policies and procedures regarding the adjudication of EB-5 petitions. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Behring Capital filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantUnited States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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2024-04-291COMPLAINT against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-19367600.). Filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-292Certificate of Interested Entities by Behring Capital LLC (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-293Proposed Summons. (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-304Case assigned to Judge Edward M Chen. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. (as, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-305Proposed Summons. (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-30Electronic filing error . This filing will not be processed by the clerks office. Re: 3 Proposed Summons filed by Behring Capital LLC (mbc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-306Summons Issued as to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (mbc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-307Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 7/23/2024. Initial Case Management Conference set for 7/30/2024 01:30 PM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. (mbc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-06-038ANSWER to Complaint by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 6/3/2024) (Entered: 06/03/2024)
2024-06-109MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-19505166.) filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Ramos, Edward) (Filed on 6/10/2024) (Entered: 06/10/2024)
2024-06-1110Order by Judge Edward M Chen DENYING 9 Motion for Pro Hac Vice as to Edward Ramos for Failure to Comply With Civil Local Rule 11-3. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (vla, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/11/2024) (Entered: 06/11/2024)
2024-06-1111NOTICE of Appearance by Niralkumar Patel (Patel, Niralkumar) (Filed on 6/11/2024) (Entered: 06/11/2024)
2024-06-1112MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-19505166.) Filing fee previously paid on 06/11/2024 filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Ramos, Edward) (Filed on 6/11/2024) (Entered: 06/11/2024)
2024-06-1213Order by Judge Edward M Chen GRANTING 12 Motion for Pro Hac Vice as to Edward Ramos.(vla, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/12/2024) (Entered: 06/12/2024)
2024-07-2314JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT filed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 7/23/2024) (Entered: 07/23/2024)
2024-07-2415CLERK'S NOTICE RESCHEDULING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Joint Case Management Statement due by 11/26/2024. Initial Case Management Conference reset from 7/30/2024 to 12/3/2024, at 1:30 PM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar. ALL COUNSEL PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING ARE REQUIRED TO LOG INTO ZOOM NO LATER THAN 1:20 PM. Webinar Access: All counsel, members of the public, and media may access the webinar information at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/emc General Order 58. Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. Zoom Guidance and Setup: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/zoom/ . (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (vla, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/24/2024) Modified on 7/24/2024 (vla, COURT STAFF). (Entered: 07/24/2024)
2024-09-0416NOTICE of Appearance filed by Ekta Dharia on behalf of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (Dharia, Ekta) (Filed on 9/4/2024) (Entered: 09/04/2024)
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