United States First Circuit

Denial of a claim of derivative citizenship is affirmed where the district court correctly assigned the burden of proof to petitioner and did not clearly err in its choice between two plausible interpretations of the evidence before it.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2008
• Published 02/13/2008

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cheryl J. Sturm, on brief, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Barry J. Pettinato, Assistant Director, and Jesse M. Bless, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, on brief, for respondent.