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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision FEB262007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed on counsel’s withdrawal. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB262007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed on counsel’s withdrawal. Order expressly attributes dismissal to counsel withdrawal.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB262007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2007-02-26 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; counsel requested appeal withdrawal |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed on counsel’s withdrawal. |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Order expressly attributes dismissal to counsel withdrawal.
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
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
["Do not characterize as an AAO merits denial or claim that any criterion failed."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Do not characterize as an AAO merits denial or claim that any criterion failed.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
AAO cover identifies an EB-1A petition.
Director denied the petition; appeal was before AAO.
Counsel requested withdrawal on February 1, 2007.
AAO dismissed the appeal based on counsel’s withdrawal.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'narrow procedural example only', 'reason': 'A withdrawal dismissal can support a procedural explainer; not an evidence or merits pattern.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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