Legal Opinion
Dolores Gonzalez v. Norma Limon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2019No. 17-40944PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
*187 The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) denied Dolores Margarita Gonzalez a certificate of citizenship, first in 2008, then again in 2016. Gonzalez challenged only the agency's 2016 denial. The Government argues Gonzalez's challenge is untimely, that the relevant five-year limitations period runs from the first of her denials. Finding Gonzalez's action untimely, we affirm the district court's dismissal of her claim.
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Gonzalez was born in 1962 in Tamaulipas, Mexico to an American father and a Mexican mother. Her parents were not…
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