Gonzalez v. Limon

8 U.S.C. 1503(a)'s reference to "the final administrative denial" means the first final administrative denial. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to the USCIS's denial of a certificate of citizenship, holding that the claim was time-barred. In this case, the USCIS first denied plaintiff a certificate of citizenship in 2008 and then again in 2016, but plaintiff only challenged the agency's 2016 denial. The court affirmed and held that, while the text was silent regarding duplicative denials, in defining a limitations period, Congress expressed its interest in finality. The court explained that implicitly authorizing a series of duplicative claims would frustrate that interest. View "Gonzalez v. Limon" on Justia Law