Legal Opinion
Etape v. Chertoff
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 2, 2007No. 06-1916, 06-1990PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge SHEDD joined. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
We consider here whether a naturalization applicant’s timely filing of a petition in federal court pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) (2000) vests the court with exclusive jurisdiction. In these consolidated cases, after the applicants filed § 1447(b) petitions in the district court, the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) denied their naturalization applications. The…
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- Brock v. Pierce CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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