United States v. Rakesh Hirani

GRITZNER, District Judge.

The United States brought an action against Rakesh Hirani, also known as Rak-eshkumar- Patel (Appellant), pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1451(a), seeking revocation of Appellant’s citizenship and cancellation of his certificate of naturalization. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of the United States. This appeal followed. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was born in India in 1972 and was named Rakeshkumar Vasantlal Patel. After arriving in the United States in 1991, Appellant applied for asylum using his birth year, 1972, and his given name, Rak-eshkumar…