ROMERO-RUIZ v. MUKASEY

No. 06-74494.

538 F.3d 1057 (2008)

Christian Alfredo ROMERO-RUIZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vikram K. Badrinath, Vikram Badrinath, P.C., Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner.

Lauren E. Fascett, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL R. HOGAN, District Judge.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This petition for review presents the question of whether an immigrant who did not have lawful permanent resident status at the time of his mother's naturalization is eligible for derivative citizenship. We conclude that he is not, and deny the petition.

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Christian Romero-Ruiz was born in Mexico in 1981, and entered the United States without admission or parole in 1985. Romero-Ruiz...

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