United States Fifth Circuit

A petition for review of a decision of the Attorney General reversing a previous decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which had concluded that petitioner had successfully completed the naturalization process is denied where petitioner failed to show that his signed oath form met the statutory requirement of a public oath ceremony, and thus, that he met the requirements for becoming a naturalized citizen.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2006
• Published 07/19/2006

Judges

• KING, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eduardo Rigoberto Soto, Manuel Perez-Leiva (argued), Law Office of Eduardo Soto, Coral Gables, FL, for Okafor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony P. Nicastro (argued), David V. Bernal, Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.