U.S. v. FOREY-QUINTERO

No. 09-15330.

626 F.3d 1323 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo FOREY-QUINTERO, a.k.a. Eduardo Rodriguez-Valle, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mildred Geckler Dunn , Stephanie Kearns , Fed. Pub. Defenders, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Nekia Hackworth , Lawrence R. Sommerfeld , Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and MOODY, District Judge.


MOODY, District Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether appellant Eduardo Forey-Quintero is a derivative citizen of the United States as provided in the derivative citizenship statute formerly codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1432 when, at the time of his mother's naturalization, and thereafter, while under the age of eighteen years, he was not a lawful permanent resident. We conclude that the phrase "begins to reside permanently in the United States while...

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