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____________________M ai a- Fas ano ca m e t o t he U ni t ed St at es fr om B r azi l i n 1996 as a non- i m m i gr ant 1 vi s i t or . T her eaf

t er , s he mar r i ed an A m er i can c i t i zen a nd fi l ed an appl i cat i on foran adj us t m entof s t atus bas ed on the mar r i age. T he appl i cat i on w as deni ed i n O ct ober2001 forl ack of

pr os ecut i on. I n 2004, M ai a- Fas ano di vor ced he rfi r s thus band and marr i ed Fas ano. She l eftthe countr yther eaf t ert o vi s i therm other , w ho w as i l l , and w as deni ed r e- entryi n A pr i l 2004. Fas ano fi l ed fora w ai verunders ect i on 212( a) ( 9) ( B ) ( v) of the Im m ig ra tio n a n d N a tio n a lityA c t o n h is w if e ’s b e h a lf. T h e a p p lica tio n w a s d e n ied in February2005, bythe O ffi ceri n C har ge i n L i m a, Peru. T hatdeci s i on w as appea l ed, but the appe al w as di s m i s s ed. T he ca s e w as r eopene d i n N ovember2005; the pr i ordeci s i ons w e re a f f ir m e d . 2 P E R C UR I AM F ra n k F a sa n o a p p e a ls f

ro m th e D istric t C o u rt’s o rd e r d ism iss in g h is c iv il righ ts c o m p la in t. F o r t h e re a s o n s b e lo w , w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af f ir m th e D is tr ic t C o u rt ’s o rd e r. I n 2005, Fas ano fi l ed a pr o s e ci vi l r i ght s act i on agai ns tthe U ni t ed St at es of A m eri ca and vari ou s federal off i ci al s, al l eging t hat hi s ci vil ri gh t s had b een v i olat ed as a re su lt o f d e f e n d a n ts’ h a v in g d e n ied h is w if e , S h irley M a ia- F a sa n o , a v isa to p e rm it h e r to re -e n ter th e U n ited S tate s. H e so u g h t d a m a g e s a n d a n o rd e r d ire c tin g th e d e f e n d a n ts to 1 g ra n t M a ia- F a sa n o a v isa to re -e n ter th e U n ited S tate s. T h e d e f e n d a n ts f iled a m o tio n to di s m i s s , w hi ch the D i s tr i ctC our tgr ant ed. T he D i s tr i ctC our texpl ai ned thati tdi d not h a v e ju risd ictio n to re v iew th e d e c isio n re g a rd in g w a iv e r o f e x c lu sio n u n d e r th e A c t, not i ng thatFas ano di d notar gue t o the contr ary , and hel d thatFas ano’ s cons t i tut i onal c la im w a s w ith o u t m e ri t. F a s a n o tim e ly ap p e a le d . W e con cl ud e t hat the D i stri ctC ou rtproperl ygrant ed the m oti on t o d i sm i ss F a sa n o ’s c o m p lain t. T h e C o n stitu tio n “ d o e s n o t re c o g n ize th e rig h t o f a c iti z e n sp o u se tohave hi s orheral i en s pous e r emai n i n the country . ” B angur a v. H ans en, 434 F. 3d 487,

4 9 6 (6th C ir . 2 0 0 6 )(qu o ti n g A lm ario v . A tt o rne yG en era l, 8 7 2 F . 2 d 1 4 7 , 1 5 1 (6th C ir . 1989) ) ; s ee a l s o B urr afa t o v. U . S. D ept . of St at e, 523 F. 2d 554, 555 ( 2nd C i r . 1975) (re a f f irm in g th a t n o c o n stitu tio n a l rig h t o f a c iti z e n sp o u se is v io late d b yd e p o rta tio n o f h is a lie n s p o u s e ). A s no sub st anti al qu est i on i s pres ented i n thi s appea l , w e w i l l grantapp el l ees’ m o tio n a n d w ill a f

f ir m th e D is tr ic t C o u rt ’s o rd e r. S e e 3 rd C ir . L A R 2 7 .4 a n d I.O .P . 1 0 .6 .