Legal Opinion
Juan Sandoval Lopez v. Mike Pompeo, Secretary, et
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2019No. 18-40175PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HO, Circuit Judge:
*445This is the second time that Juan Gerardo Sandoval Lopez has filed suit seeking a judicial declaration of U.S. citizenship under 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a). The first time he sued, the district court concluded that the suit was jurisdictionally barred under the terms of 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a) -namely, because his claim of citizenship had previously been raised, and rejected, in two separate removal proceedings nearly two decades earlier. So when the same suit appeared before the same court a second time, the case was dismissed on res judicata grounds. But that was erroneous.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Ortega v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
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