Legal Opinion
Pinet v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided April 30, 2008No. Civil No. 07-cv-314-PBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PAUL BARBADORO, District Judge.
Raynald Pinet challenges a decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) to reject his application for citizenship. The issue presented by defendants’ motion for summary judgment is whether USCIS correctly determined that Pinet’s 2003 conviction for the Use of a Communication Facility to Facilitate a Drug Transaction prevents him from satisfying the “good moral character” requirement for naturalization. For the reasons stated below, I determine that the answer to this question is yes.
I. BACKGROUND
Pinet is a…
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