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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC282010_02B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC282010_02B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Failure to identify specifically an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact, and no additional brief/evidence submitted.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_eb1a_procedural_record. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC282010_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 28, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in the arts. |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denied petition for lack of extraordinary ability/sustained acclaim. Counsel’s appeal asserted generalized legal/factual error without identifying findings or analyses challenged; it promised a brief/evidence within 30 days, but more than 13 months elapsed without submission. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Failure to identify specifically an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact, and no additional brief/evidence submitted.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | not reached |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["No criterion-specific AAO findings are made; the decision describes the Director’s overall denial only."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
No criterion-specific AAO findings are made; the decision describes the Director’s overall denial only.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1 identifies AAO decision date and petition as extraordinary ability under INA 203(b)(1)(A).
p. 2 states claimed field (arts), failure to specifically challenge criterion analyses, absence of promised brief after more than 13 months, and summary-dismissal order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only in a clearly labeled procedural collection by mechanism: (1) late appeals rejected with no motion treatment; (2) late appeals returned for motion consideration; (3) summary dismissal for nonspecific appeal/no supplement; (4) abandonment after missed NOID response; (5) representative/jurisdiction/classification filing defects; and (6) motions denied/dismissed for failure to meet motion standards. Do not combine these procedural outcomes as substantive EB-1A criterion outcomes.
Editorial use note: May be summarized only as a source-cited procedural record; no criterion-specific summary or outcome implied.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Cover page identifies EB-1A petition, office, and date.
PDF page 2 — Page 2 gives complete procedural discussion and order.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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