Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

“encourage immigration, not generate revenue for law firms.”

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30

The appeals court ruled that the immigration law firm Red Eagle did not have standing to sue the federal government over the diversity visa lottery.

“We do not endorse the Department’s failure to open the lottery registration period,”

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30

The court clarified its ruling was based on procedural grounds and did not weigh whether the State Department failed to follow the law.

“If Red Eagle Law were allowed to allege standing based upon its hypothetical or conjectural collateral injury, we would be opening the floodgates, allowing all lawyers to ‘roam the country in search of governmental wrongdoing.’”

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30

The court wrote in its ruling that granting standing to Red Eagle Law would open the floodgates for lawyers to sue over governmental wrongdoing.