ORELLANA v. MAYORKAS

No. 20-16092.

6 F.4th 1034 (2021)

Blanca Estella ORELLANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alejandro MAYORKAS, Secretary of Homeland Security; Tracy Renaud, Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Robert Looney, San Francisco/San Jose District Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Crabtree (argued), Fuerza Immigration Lawyers LLP, Oakland, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

T. Monique Peoples (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Elianis N. Perez , Assistant Director; William C. Peachey , Director, District Court Section; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Joan N. Ericksen, District Judge.


OPINION

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) denied an application for naturalization because the applicant had been convicted of "an offense that ... involves fraud or deceit in which the loss to the victim or victims exceeds $10,000," 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(M)(i), and therefore lacked...

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