Gildernew v. Quarantillo

Plaintiff, a native and citizen of Ireland, commenced this action seeking, inter alia, a declaratory judgment that he was entitled to naturalize, as well as a grant of naturalized citizenship following the denial of his application by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”). Plaintiff contends that the CIS improperly denied his application because his absence from the country for over fourteen months — from September 16, 2004 to November 23, 2005 — does not, as the CIS contends, disqualify him from naturalized citizenship under 8 U.S.C. § 1427. The United States…