United States Second Circuit

Granted a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision and terminated removal proceedings against a man born in Panama upon finding that he possessed U.S. citizenship. The man, who had been convicted of drug charges, argued that he was unremovable because he had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth through his father. The Second Circuit agreed with him that a child born into a legal marriage is presumed to be the child of the marriage, even if the child is the product of an extramarital relationship.

Appellate Information

• Published 2018/08/13

Judges

• Pooler

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel