KAUFMAN v. NIELSEN

No. 16-5065.

896 F.3d 475 (2018)

James J. KAUFMAN, Appellant, v. Kirstjen M. NIELSEN, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amit R. Vora , Supervising Attorney, Georgetown University Law Center, appointed by the court, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of appellant. With him on the briefs were Steven H. Goldblatt , Director, appointed by the court, and Stephan S. Dalal , Cole H. Mayhew , and Damon R. Porter , Student Counsel.

James J. Kaufman, pro se, filed the briefs for appellant.

Yamileth G. Davila , Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, and Sarah S. Wilson , Senior Litigation Counsel. R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: Tatel, Griffith, and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.


James Kaufman has tried to renounce his U.S. citizenship for more than a decade. In 2014, a field office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) denied Kaufman's renunciation request, claiming that he lacked the "intention" necessary to relinquish his citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA...

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