Said v. Eddy’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““[t]he exception applies to claims of nationality raised in removal proceedings.” It is the context of how the particular issue of citizenship arose rather than the mere timing of events that determines the applicability of § 1503(a)(1). The exception precludes jurisdiction over Rios’s citizenship claim because his claim “arose by reason of, or in connection with” his removal proceeding: the issue of Rios’s citizenship that forms the basis of his claim here originates, at the least, in connection with the removal proceedings. The N-600 application process is, as Rios argues, a proceeding separate from the removal proceedings. But § 1503(a)(1) does not apply depending on whether the proceedings are separate; rather, it applies when the particular citizenship issue “arose” in the removal proceeding. That is, the exception focuses on the proceeding in which the particular claim to citizenship originates, not the proceeding in which it is being pursued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ortega v. Holder

2. “When and if plaintiff is at some future time denied a right or privilege of a United States national by a department, agency, or official of the United States, she will be entitled to bring an action as authorized by Section 1503; and the interposition of such other federal action will take plaintiffs case out of exception (1) to subsection 1503(a).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Henry v. Quarantillo