U.S. v. ARANGO

No. 10-15821.

670 F.3d 988 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando ARANGO, aka Fernando Arango-Villegas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lifland , Sabrina H. Strong , and Shaun M. Simmons , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.

Tony West , Assistant Attorney General; Joshua E.T. Braunstein , Assistant Director Office of Immigration Litigation; and Kristen L. Daubler , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the appellee.

Before: KIM McLANE WARDLAW, JAY S. BYBEE, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

In 1989, Fernando Arango was naturalized as a United States citizen. Twenty years later, in 2009, the United States instituted this action in Arizona district court to strip Arango of his citizenship. The complaint alleged that (1) Arango unlawfully procured his citizenship, and (2) Arango misrepresented and concealed material facts during the naturalization process.

The district court rejected Arango's argument that...

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