PINA v. MUKASEY

No. 07-2311.

542 F.3d 5 (2008)

Ruben Jorge Monteiro PINA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Gatei for petitioner.

Corey L. Farrell, with whom Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, was on brief, for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, SELYA, and DYK, Circuit Judges.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") charged petitioner Ruben Jorge Monteiro Pina ("Pina") with removability pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony after admission. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") determined that Pina had automatically acquired United States citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 ("CCA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1431, and ordered the removal proceedings terminated....

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