ALOCOZY v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVS.

No. 11-16557.

704 F.3d 795 (2012)

Abdul H. ALOCOZY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services; Michael C. Biggs, Field Director of United States Citizenship & Immigration Services; Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Shaiken , San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Audrey B. Hemesath , Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and FREDERIC BLOCK, District Judge.


OPINION

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Abdul H. Alocozy appeals a decision by the district court denying his petition for review of a determination by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") that his felony conviction of assault with intent to commit rape renders him ineligible to become naturalized as a United States citizen. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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