United States First Circuit

Under 8 USC 1432, when an alien claims citizenship in the petition for review, an appellate court may look to documents beyond the administrative record, but aliens do not have an automatic right to have new evidence considered on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2001
• Published 10/29/2001

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, and SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John H. Ruginski, Jr. for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thankful Vanderstar, with whom Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Terri J. Scadron, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Brenda M. O'Malley, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, were on brief, for respondent.