LOPEZ v. POMPEO

No. 18-40175.

923 F.3d 444 (2019)

Juan Gerardo Sandoval LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mike POMPEO, Secretary, U.S. Department of State; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisabeth S. Brodyaga , Refugio del Rio Grande, San Benito, TX, Jaime M. Diez , Jones & Crane, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James J. Walker , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation-DCS, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CLEMENT, OWEN, and HO, Circuit Judges.


This is the second time that Juan Gerardo Sandoval Lopez has filed suit seeking a judicial declaration of U.S. citizenship under 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a). The first time he sued, the district court concluded that the suit was jurisdictionally barred under the terms of 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a)—namely, because his...

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