SABANGAN v. POWELL

No. 03-16426.

375 F.3d 818 (2004)

Jacinto A. SABANGAN, Jr.; Esther Hae Jin Sohn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Eun Kyung Jang; Frances Soo-Jin Sohn; Dianne Go Guiao; Seung Gin Lee; Kyung Min Yu; Hyun Min Yu; Paul Oh; Jun Sub Ham; Claudagh S. Pascua; Irineo Delos Santos Ignacio; Roy James B. Mendoza; Christopher T. Matias; Leonardo Supnet Pascua, Jr.; Christopher Supnet Pascua; Da-Hee Ju, Mi Sook Kim; Ah Lam Jung; Joon Su Pae; Ko Woon Park; Ri Na Jung; Heog-Jun Choi; Sung Hyun Lim; Maria Corazon B. Mendoza; Marias C. Elbo Jr.; Evelyn C. Elbo; Brian M. Flores, Plaintiffs, v. Colin POWELL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynaldo O. Yana, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Gregory Baka, Assistant United States Attorney, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northen Mariana Islands, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: FARRIS, NOONAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Jacinto A. Sabangan, Jr., and Esther Hae Jin Sohn appeal the judgment of the district court against them in their suit against Colin Powell, Secretary of State, to establish that they are citizens of the United States and so entitled to United States passports. Reading section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the CNMI) by the Covenant between the CNMI and the United States, (the Covenant...

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