Legal Opinion
Apokarina v. Ashcroft
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 4, 2002No. CIV.A. 02-210PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Danil Apokarina (“plaintiff’) is a permanent resident of the United States. On June 27, 1996, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) began removal proceedings against plaintiff based on plaintiffs criminal convictions. On February 23, 1999, while the removal proceedings were still pending, plaintiff submitted a petition for naturalization. On July 7, 2000, the INS District Director denied the naturalization petition on the ground that he had no authority to consider the naturalization petition while a removal proceeding was…
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