Law360, New York (October 26, 2016, 3:07 PM EDT) -- An attorney appealing the denial of fees in his suit accusing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of violating the Freedom of Information Act urged the Fifth Circuit Tuesday to strike an agency brief, saying it includes a prejudicial and “scandalous assertion” his client is a cocaine trafficker. Michael Gahagan told the Fifth Circuit that the USCIS falsely wrote in its brief filed Monday that his client, Lloyd Patterson, “was also charged with illegally trafficking cocaine,” arguing that Patterson has never been convicted of any crimes and that the prosecutor refused to charge Patterson with violating any criminal laws, including drug...

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