United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's decision to administer the oath of citizenship to defendants is affirmed where its finding that they were persons of good moral character was not clearly erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/23/2005
• Decided 09/06/2005
• Published 09/06/2005

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and D.W. NELSON, KLEINFELD, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, THOMAS, GRABER, McKEOWN, GOULD, PAEZ, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• A. Ashley Tabbador, Assistant United States Attorney;  Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney;  and Leon W. Weidman, Chief, Civil Division, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant and the defendants-appellants., Barrett S. Litt, Litt, Estuar, Harrison, Miller & Kitson, LLP;  Michael J. Lightfoot, Lightfoot, Vandevelde, Sadowsky, Medvene & Levine;  and Mathew Millen, Law Offices of Mathew Millen, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees and the plaintiffs-appellees.