| Man From Yemen Sued US For
Revoked Passport Now US Wins Summary Judgment
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 31 – Mansoor Hamoud
Hadwan was a resident of NYC
until he says the US
unlawfully revoked his US
passport, forcing him into
exile.
Through a Bronx
based law firm he sued in
2017. Inner
City Press
covered
it.
Hadwan's lawyer
said she is overworked and
asked until July 15 to file a
briefing.
Judge Pauley said
that was absurd, and settled
on July 1. He began to tell a
story about lawyers saying
they didn't have their
schedules before their
electronics had been taken at
the courthouse entrance, but
Hadwan' lawyer cut in.
AUSA
Brandon Waterman filed a
response for the US Embassy in
Sana'a, Yemen.
Jump cut to May
31, 2022: "CLERK'S JUDGMENT
re: [151] Memorandum &
Opinion in favor of United
States Department of State,
United States Embassy, Sana'a,
Yemen against Mansoor Hamoud
Hadwan. It is hereby ORDERED,
ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for
the reasons stated in the
Court's Opinion and Order
dated May 27, 2022,
Defendants' motion for summary
judgment is GRANTED. Plaintiff
has impermissibly premised
some of his claims on new
arguments not raised during
the administrative process and
has abandoned other claims,
both explicitly and by failing
to respond to Defendants'
arguments. In sum, Plaintiff
has offered no evidence to
convince the Court that
Defendants' revocation of
Plaintiff's passport and CRBA
was arbitrary and capricious.
That said, that Court takes
the Government at its word
that it will consider, if
submitted, DNA evidence that
proves Plaintiff is actually
the child of Hamoud Hadwan and
is, therefore, entitled to a
United States passport;
accordingly, the case is
closed."
The case
was Hadwan v. United States
Department of State et al.,
17-cv-578 (Caproni).
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