Legal Opinion
Yemer v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 12, 2019No. Civil Case No. 1:18-cv-677PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.S. Ellis, III, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Aster Yemer, an Ethiopian citizen who has resided in the United States since November 2009, initiated this action pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c), challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service's ("USCIS") denial of her naturalization application. Yemer contends the denial was improper because USCIS erroneously concluded that Yemer was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence. USCIS responds that its conclusion was correct and that Yemer's application fails for the additional reason that Yemer cannot establish that…
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