United States Ninth Circuit

In an action by the U.S. seeking to revoke Defendant's naturalization based on his commission of a "crime of moral turpitude" under 8 U.S.C. section 1427, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed, where possession of child pornography constitutes a crime of moral turpitude, even though it does not have a specific intent requirement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2009
• Decided 04/20/2009
• Published 04/20/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, CARLOS T. BEA, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert G. Berke, Esq., Berke Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anh-Thu P. Mai, Senior Litigation Counsel, Theresa M. Healy, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.