United States v. Eleazar Corral Valenzuela

St. Eve, Circuit Judge.

Seventeen years after Eleazar Corral Valenzuela (Corral) was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member in Illinois state court, the United States filed a civil complaint to revoke his naturalized citizenship and cancel his certificate of naturalization. 8 U.S.C. § 1451 (a). The district court granted the government judgment on the pleadings, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c), after dismissing Corral's affirmative defenses. We affirm.

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Corral, a native of Mexico, was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1994. In January…