ANIL RIJAL V. USCIS, No. 11-35249 (9th Cir. 2012)

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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANIL RIJAL, Individually, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee. ï£¼ ï£½ No. 11-35249 D.C. No. 2:10-cv-00709-RAJ ï£¾ ORDER Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 4, 2012* Seattle, Washington Filed June 13, 2012 Before: Barry G. Silverman and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and Dolly M. Gee, District Judge.** COUNSEL Robert O. Wells, Jr., Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant. Jeffrey M. Bauer, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee. *The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable Dolly M. Gee, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. 6735 6736 RIJAL v. USCIS ORDER SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge: Anil Rijal appeals the district court s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, affirming the denial of his petition for an immigration visa preference as an alien of extraordinary ability pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1)(A). We adopt as our own the well-reasoned published opinion of the district court, Rijal v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 772 F.Supp. 2d 1339 (W.D. Wash. 2011). AFFIRMED.

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