Atalla v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services

MEMORANDUM **

Defendants United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and its Director appeal the judgment of the district court following a trial in favor of Jamal Atalla, M.D., in his action brought under 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c), seeking a hearing de novo on the USCIS’ denial for lack of good moral character of his naturalization application. The district court found that Atalla had not given false testimony or given false testimony with the subjective intent to obtain an immigration benefit, as USCIS claimed, and found, instead, that Atalla had proved the requisite good moral…