Legal Opinion
Boatswain v. Ashcroft
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 9, 2003No. 1:99-cv-08517PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
BLOCK, District Judge.
Petitioner, Hollis Boatswain (“Boatswain”), a citizen of Trinidad and a legal permanent resident of the United States, seeks review, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c), of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (“INS”) denial of his application for naturalization. 1 Boatswain claims he is entitled to naturalize, notwithstanding his significant criminal history, under a special provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) providing relaxed naturalization requirements for aliens who served in the United States military during designated…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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