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Nature of Suit Code: 462
Nature of Suit: Naturalization, Petition For Hearing of Denial
Cause of Action: 

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-11473

Summary Calendar 

MOHAMMED ZAHID HOSSAIN, 

Plaintiff-Appellant 

v. 

TRACY TARANGO, Field Office Director of the USCIS; JOHN F. KELLY, 

Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; LEON 

RODRIGUEZ, Director United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; 

PARKER R. JOHN, the Acting US Attorney Northern District of Texas; 

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III, U. S. Attorney General,

Defendants-Appellees 

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas 

USDC No. 3:15-CV-359

Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

 After he was denied citizenship, Plaintiff-Appellant Mohammed Zahid 

Hossain sued Defendants-Appellees seeking to be declared a citizen of the 

United States of America. He had been denied citizenship through the 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 2, 2017 

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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administrative process for failure to prove that he has the good moral 

character required to become a citizen. 

 After both sides filed competing motions for summary judgment, the 

district court denied Hossain’s motion, granted such motion for DefendantsAppellees, and dismissed Hossain’s claims with prejudice. For the detailed 

reasons patiently set forth in the district court’s Order of September 14, 2016, 

we affirm that court’s Final Judgment of even date, dismissing Hossain’s 

action with prejudice. 

AFFIRMED. 

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