Legal Opinion
Friend v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1999No. Nos. 97-56251, 97-56328PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
The Attorney General appeals from the district court’s declaratory judgment holding that Horace Gozon Friend is a citizen of the United States. The district court had jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a). We have jurisdiction to review the decision of the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.
I
The facts of this case are not in dispute. Horace Gozon Friend (“Friend”) was born in the Philippines on January 16, 1931, when the Philippines was a possession of the United States. His father, Horace B, Friend, was a…
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