Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2012No. 11-9520PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
This case is about the government’s repeated efforts to remove Kairi Abha Shepherd from the United States on the ground she is a criminal alien. In the initial removal proceeding, the government did not effectively contest Ms. Shepherd’s claim to automatic citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000(CCA), 8 U.S.C. § 1431, and the Immigration Judge (IJ) dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
The very next day, the government initiated a new removal proceeding, explaining to the same IJ that it had made a mistake and now realized that Ms. Shepherd was too old to…
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