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WATSON v. HOLDER

Docket No. 09-0657-ag.

643 F.3d 367 (2011)

Davino H. WATSON, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 31, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Mark ( S. Scott Roehm and Rene A. Kathawala , of counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Dana M. Camilleri , Trial Attorney ( Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Ernesto H. Molina, Jr. , Assistant Director, on the brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: CABRANES, STRAUB, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The question presented for our review is whether petitioner Davino H. Watson has been "legitimated" under Jamaican law within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(c)(1) even though his parents never married, with the result that he has obtained derivative citizenship as a consequence of the naturalization of his father.

Watson, a native of Jamaica, seeks review of a February 5, 2009, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), affirming the...

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