United States v. Teng Jiao Zhou

OPINION

OWENS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Teng Jiao Zhou appeals from the district court’s order granting the government’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and its resulting judgment of denaturalization. Zhou committed robbery during the relevant statutory period prior to his naturalization. Because the robbery is an unlawful act that reflects adversely on Zhou’s moral character and for which he cannot show extenuating circumstances, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Zhou emigrated from China in 1985, and applied for naturalization in 1993. He attended his naturalization…