United States Fifth Circuit

A person may become a national only by birth or by completing the naturalization process. Petition for review of a denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. section 2241 petition challenging her detention on grounds that she is a U.S. national is denied where, although there was jurisdiction to consider petitioner's claim, petitioner's nationality claim failed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2006
• Published 06/12/2006

Judges

• CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and HANEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Anyango Omolo, Haskell, TX, pro se.