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NANJE v. CHAVES

No. 15-2254.

836 F.3d 131 (2016)

Janarius Elanjwe NANJE, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Luis CHAVES, Lawrence Field Office Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd C. Pomerleau , Boston, MA, with whom Rubin Pomerleau P.C. was on brief, for appellant.

Emma C. Winger and Wendy S. Wayne , Cambridge, MA, on brief for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services Immigration Impact Unit and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, amici curiae.

Christine J. Wichers , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellees.

Before Torruella, Selya and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

The lead-in to a serialized radio program, wildly popular in the mid-1900s, warned that "the weed of crime bears bitter fruit." In his quest for naturalization (which rests at the epicenter of this appeal), the petitioner has learned that hard lesson at first hand. The tale follows.

I. BACKGROUND

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