United States v. Hovsepian

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before the en banc court for the second time. The first time, in United States v. Hovsepian, 359 F.3d 1144, 1165-69 (9th Cir.2004) (en banc), we reversed the district court’s decision to administer the oath of citizenship to Appel-lees Viken Hovsepian and Viken Yacoubian because of legal errors in the court’s consideration of their applications for naturalization. On remand, the government pursued additional discovery and the court took further evidence and heard argument, again finding that Appellees had established that they possess good moral…