Legal Opinion
Ernesto Gonzalez-Segura v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2018No. 16-41413PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdward C. Prado, Circuit Judge
Ernesto Gonzalez-Segura was born out of wedlock in Mexico in 1969. His father was a U.S. citizen, and his mother was a Mexican national. Gonzalez-Segura now seeks derivative U.S. citizenship. He believes two documents substantiate his claim: his birth certificate (which a Mexican court revised in 2007) and his father's 1970 holographic will. The district court concluded that he could not as a matter of law prove his derivative citizenship under *129 former Immigration and Nationality Act 1 §§ 301(a)(7), 2 309(a). 3 We AFFIRM the district court's summary judgment against him.
I. BACKGROUND
Gonzalez-S…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Topalian v. EhrmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Miller v. AlbrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Access Telecom, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by6 opinions
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