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L. XIA v. TILLERSON

No. 16-5010.

865 F.3d 643 (2017)

L. XIA, et al., Appellants v. Rex W. TILLERSON, Secretary of the United States Department of State, In Official Capacity and John F. Kelly, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, In Official Capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ning Ye , Washington, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Michael E. Rosman , Washington, argued the cause and filed the brief for amicus curiae Center for Individual Rights in support of appellants.

Elianis N. Perez , Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellees. Wynne P. Kelly and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, entered appearances.

Before: Pillard, Circuit Judge, and Edwards and Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judges.

The plaintiffs, five former Chinese nationals, received certificates of United States naturalization, on the basis of which they obtained United States passports. In 2006, government investigators discovered that Robert Schofield, an employee of the United States Customs and Immigration...

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