Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 8, 2017No. 16-2147PPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
A little over sixteen years ago, Petitioner Sunday Williams, a Nigerian citizen by birth, attempted to secure his United States citizenship. Unfortunately, the way he did so was less than ideal: in lieu of utilizing any legal means at his disposal, he instead submitted a false application for a United States passport wherein he claimed that he was an American citizen hailing from Brooklyn. Federal authorities caught him in the act and eventually charged him with making a material false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States government in…
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