Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Foils Swimmer’s Claim

A former scholarship swimmer for the University of Florida has lost a bid to compel a reevaluation of his “Immigrant Petition for Alien of Extraordinary Ability” after a federal judge granted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.   Plaintiff Carlos Jayme, a foreign national, had filed the aforementioned petition on June 16, 2006, seeking permanent resident status as an alien of “extraordinary ability” in the field of