Legal Opinion
Akpan v. Cissna
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 22, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17–0252 (DLF)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DABNEY L. FRIEDRICH, United States District Judge
In this action, Plaintiff Benedict Akpan ("Akpan") petitions this Court to amend his certificate of naturalization or compel the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") to amend the certificate. Before the Court is the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Petition. Dkt. 10. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant the motion.
I. BACKGROUND
Akpan is a naturalized U.S. citizen who claims to have been born on October 1, 1951, in Ekpene Ukim, Nigeria, although his Nigerian passport and U.S. naturalization…
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