United States v. Scott

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Defendant Lacey Scott (“Defendant”) is charged in a two-count Indictment with (1) illegally reentering the United States after committing an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(2), and (2) being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Now before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss Count One of the Indictment on the ground that he could not have reentered the United States illegally because, prior to his deportation, he derived United States citizenship from his…