United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's application for naturalization as a U.S. Citizen is affirmed where he cannot demonstrate good moral character since he has indisputably been convicted of an "aggravated felony" under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(B).

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/09/2004
• Decided 06/30/2005
• Published 06/30/2005

Judges

• WALKER, Chief Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, POOLER and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Navin Pant and Naomi Sunshine, legal interns (Nancy Morawetz, Sejal Zota, and Kevin Lapp, on the brief), Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven Kim, Assistant United States Attorney (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York;  F. Franklin Amanat and Varuni Nelson, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee.