FEDERISO v. HOLDER

No. 08-74792.

605 F.3d 695 (2010)

Rolando Manapa FEDERISO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Vazquez, Pasadena, CA, for the petitioner.

Christina Bechak Parascandola, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN, D.W. NELSON, and STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether an individual whose mother is a United States citizen continues to be "the son ... of a citizen of the United States," as set forth at 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(H)(i), after his mother's death. We hold that he does.

I. BACKGROUND

Petitioner Rolando Federiso is a Filipino national. His mother, who was also a Filipino national, moved to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. Federiso...

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