United States Sixth Circuit

8 U.S.C. section 1429 prohibits a United States district court from exercising jurisdiction to review an administrative denial of a naturalization application once a removal proceeding has been instituted against the applicant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2004
• Decided 05/24/2004
• Published 05/24/2004

Judges

• Before:  DAVID A. NELSON, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Abraham Kay (argued and briefed), Law Office of Abraham Kay, Cleveland, OH, Keevin J. Berman (argued), Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen L. Midian, Asst. U.S. Attorney (briefed), Cleveland, OH, Michelle R. Slack, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Patricia M. Corrales-Talleda (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.