United States Ninth Circuit

District courts have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1421(c) to review the denial of an application for naturalization, whether or not a removal proceeding is pending; however the scope of review is limited to the specific type of denial at issue in the application.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2004
• Decided 08/06/2004
• Published 08/09/2004

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge:, Before: TROTT, RYMER, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Friedberg and Ronald T. Matten, Saldin & Friedberg, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia M. Corrales-Talleda, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.