Gonzalez-Reyes v. Whitaker


17‐60 Gonzalez‐Reyes v. Whitaker BIA Reid, IJ A042 701 219 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURTʹS LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION ʺSUMMARY ORDERʺ). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 30th day of November, two thousand eighteen. PRESENT: DENNY CHIN, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges, JOHN F. KEENAN, District Judge.* ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐x MANUEL GONZALEZ‐REYES, AKA Manuel Nicolas Gonzalez‐Reyes, Petitioner, v. 17‐60 MATTHEW G. WHITAKER, Acting United States Attorney General, Respondent. ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐x * Judge John F. Keenan, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. FOR PETITIONER: ANDREW D. OʹTOOLE, OʹToole & OʹToole PLLC, Hartford, CT FOR RESPONDENT: STEFANIE NOTARINO HENNES, Trial Attorney (Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief), for Chad A. Readler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (ʺBIAʺ) decision, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED. Petitioner Manuel Gonzalez‐Reyes, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, seeks review of the December 16, 2016 decision of the BIA affirming the August 10, 2016 decision of an immigration judge (ʺIJʺ) ordering him removed to the Dominican Republic. In re Manuel Gonzalez‐Reyes, No. A042 701 219 (B.I.A. Dec. 16, 2016), affʹg No. A042 701 219 (Immig. Ct. Batavia Aug. 10, 2016). Gonzalez‐Reyes was born outside the United States, in 1972, of alien parents who were not married. His father relocated to the United States and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1979. In 1990, at the age of 17, Gonzalez‐Reyes was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, in his fatherʹs custody. Gonzalez‐Reyes contends that he became a United States citizen derivatively through his fatherʹs naturalization. Both the IJ and the BIA rejected the ...

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