GONZALEZ v. LIMON

No. 17-40944.

926 F.3d 186 (2019)

Dolores Margarita GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Norma A. LIMON, Harlingen Field Office Director, Citizenship and Immigration; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 7, 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.

Michael Anthony Celone , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation-DCS, Washington, DC, Nancy Lynn Masso , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Brownsville, TX, Theo Nickerson, Esq. , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) denied Dolores Margarita Gonzalez a certificate of citizenship, first in 2008, then again in 2016. Gonzalez challenged only the agency's 2016 denial. The Government argues Gonzalez's challenge is untimely, that the relevant five-year limitations...

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