United States v. Santacruz

Juan Andres Santacruz, a native of Mexico and a naturalized United States citizen, appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment 1 to the government, which sought to revoke Santacruz’s naturalization because he had been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude — i.e., possession of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B) 2 — in the five years immediately preceding the filing of his naturalization application. We are called upon to determine whether possession of child pornography is a crime involving moral turpitude. We hold that it is, and we affirm the…