The following excerpt is from Bourisquot v. Holder, 13-2984-cv (2nd Cir. 2014):
Our review of the district court's decision is de novo, Karpova v. Snow, 497 F.3d 262, 267 (2d Cir. 2007), but we may only overturn an agency decision if it is "arbitrary,
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capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law," 5 U.S.C. 706(2)(A); accord Egan v. Weiss, 119 F.3d 106, 107 (2d Cir. 1997) (per curiam).
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