AKPOVI v. DOUGLAS

No. 21-2852.

43 F.4th 832 (2022)

Hafils Y. AKPOVI Petitioner-Appellant v. David DOUGLAS, District Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Nebraska District Office; William Connor, Field Office Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua D. Barber , Barber & Barber, Lincoln, NE, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Denisha Devette Daughtry , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Lauren Fascett , Julian Kurz , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Steven A. Russell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Lincoln, NE, Lynnett Wagner , U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) denied Hafils Y. Akpovi's Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, because it determined that Akpovi was no longer a lawful permanent resident following the denial of his Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. Akpovi sought de novo review...

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