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LOPEZ v. HOLDER

Nos. 05-60797, 06-41768.

563 F.3d 107 (2009)

Maria Cristina LOPEZ, Guadalupe Del Rosario Lopez, Jose Maurilio Lopez, and Juan Luis Lopez, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent. Maria Cristina Lopez, Guadalupe Del Rosario Lopez, Jose Maurilio Lopez, and Juan Luis Lopez, Petitioners-Appellants, v. A.G. Winfrey, Interim Field Office Director DHS HLG/DO, and United States of America, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Brodyaga (argued), Refugio de Rio Grande, San Benito, TX, for Maria Cristina Lopez, Guadalupe Del Rosario Lopez, Jose Maurilio Lopez and Juan Luis Lopez.

Daniel David Hu, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Eric H. Holder, Jr., A.G. Winfrey and U.S.

Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Lawrence Ludka, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Corpus Christi, TX, Trey Lund, Field Office Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, Lisa M. Putnam, Harlingen, TX, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Director, U.S. I.N.S., Harlingen, TX, for Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Maria Cristina Lopez, Guadalupe Del Rosario Lopez, Jose Maurilio Lopez, and Juan Luis Lopez (petitioners) appeal the denial of their claims of citizenship by the district court. Based on our conclusion that the magistrate judge did not have jurisdiction to try this case after remand without the consent of the petitioners, we vacate and remand.

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The former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) placed...

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