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CALIXTO v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:18-cv-01551

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Paul L. Friedman

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Government Agencies

  1. October 11, 2022

    USCIS Updates Policy For Immigrant Soldiers After Settlement

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated its policies to reflect a settlement agreement between the U.S. Army and a class of foreign-born service members who claimed they were improperly discharged from the military, which jeopardized their path to citizenship.

  2. September 22, 2022

    Class Settlement For Foreign Soldiers OK'd In Discharge Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement agreement between the U.S. Army and a cohort of skilled foreign-born military recruits who had accused the Army of discharging them without proper notice.

  3. November 24, 2021

    Foreign Army Recruits Streamline Cert. Bid In Discharge Suit

    A cohort of foreign-born military recruits renewed their push for class certification in their suit claiming the U.S. Army discharged them without proper notice, dropping two subclasses that separated soldiers based on the reason for their discharge.

  4. June 03, 2021

    Foreign Recruits Can Pursue Reworked Army Discharge Suit

    A cohort of noncitizen military recruits can move forward with an expanded class action alleging that the U.S. Army discharged them without appropriate notice or explanation, a D.C. federal judge determined on Thursday, accepting their third amended complaint.

  5. July 08, 2019

    Noncitizens Push For Class Cert. In Army Discharge Suit

    A group of noncitizen U.S. soldiers pushed back Monday against the Army's claim that they could be involuntarily discharged without prior notice, saying a procedure cited by the Army to justify those discharges applies only when someone requests separation, not when they are forced into it.

  6. May 17, 2019

    Army Can't Toss Noncitizen Troops' Improper Discharge Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge has refused to end a proposed class action accusing the U.S. Army of wrongfully discharging noncitizen soldiers without prior notice, ruling the dispute was not a "broad programmatic attack" on Army recruitment barred by sovereign immunity.

  7. January 02, 2019

    DOD Accused Of Discriminating Against Noncitizen Soldiers

    The U.S. Department of Defense is accused of retaliating against noncitizen military recruits who have alleged in federal court that the department improperly discharged them and delayed their citizenship applications, according to a pair of Wednesday filings in a proposed class action in D.C. federal court.

  8. October 12, 2018

    DOD Tossed 500 Recruits In Expedited Citizenship Program

    The U.S. Department of Defense discharged in the space of a year more than 500 recruits who joined the military through a program meant to provide an expedited pathway to citizenship, according to recently unsealed records filed in consolidated class actions challenging those discharges and delays in the citizenship process.

  9. August 21, 2018

    Army Reinstates Discharged Immigrant Soldiers

    The U.S. Army has reinstated approximately 38 soldiers recruited through a military program that provided a pathway to citizenship, following a putative class action that challenged the military's decision to discharge the recruits, the federal government reported to a District of Columbia federal court on Monday.

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