Deluca v. Ashcroft

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ALBRITTON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Yerania Martell DeLuca (“DeLuca”) is a 24 year old citizen of Mexico who has been living in the United States since April 25, 1994 as a permanent resident. On September 2, 1998, DeLuca applied for naturalization with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”). The application was denied by the INS on August 7, 2000. DeLuca appealed and received a review hearing with the INS on October 10, 2000. Following the hearing, the INS upheld the denial of naturalization on October 13. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1447(a)…