USCA11 Case: 21-11871 Date Filed: 12/27/2021 Page: 1 of 5 [DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-11871 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ MUDHAFAR AMIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, DIRECTOR, US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, ORLANDO FIELD OFFICE, DIRECTOR, CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, USCA11 Case: 21-11871 Date Filed: 12/27/2021 Page: 2 of 5 2 Opinion of the Court 21-11871 Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 8:18-cv-03054-TPB-CPT ____________________ Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Mudhafar Amin, an Iraqi citizen who unsuccessfully applied for naturalization, appeals the judgment against him in his civil suit seeking de novo review of that ruling. After a bench trial, the dis- trict court concluded on three independent grounds that he was not entitled to relief. Because he has abandoned a challenge to one of those grounds, we grant summary affirmance to the govern- ment. I. Shortly after arriving in the United States, Amin’s wife, who had recently given birth to their child, divorced him. He later failed to disclose that prior marriage on his application for permanent res- ident status and on other immigration forms. He eventually dis- closed the marriage when he applied for naturalization. But he tes- tified under oath during his interview that he had never given any USCA11 Case: 21-11871 Date Filed: 12/27/2021 Page: 3 of 5 21-11871 Opinion of the Court 3 U.S. Government official any information or documentation that was false, fraudulent, or misleading; and that he had never lied to any U.S. government official to gain entry or admission into the United States or to gain an immigration benefit. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services denied his appli- cation for naturalization because of his previous misstatements about his marriage and his false testimony concerning those mis- statements in his naturalization interview. It also stated that he failed to submit requested evidence of his divorce and that he did not demonstrate good moral character. Amin requested a hearing, and USCIS affirmed its order. Amin filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking de novo review of the denial of his application for naturalization. After a bench trial, the district court concluded that USCIS properly denied the application. Amin then timely appealed the district court’s de- cision. The government moved for summary affirmance, arguing that Amin had abandoned any argument regarding his good moral character. It also moved for a stay of the briefing schedule, which we granted in part pending the result of the motion for summary affirmance. II. After a bench trial, we ordinarily review the district court’s conclusions of law de novo and its findings of fact for clear error. Proudfoot Consulting Co. v. Gordon, 576 F.3d 1223, 1230 (11th Cir. 2009). Summary disposition is appropriate where “the position USCA11 Case: 21-11871 Date Filed: 12/27/2021 Page: 4 of 5 4 Opinion of the Court 21-11871 of …
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