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Nature of Suit Code: 462
Nature of Suit: Naturalization, Petition For Hearing of Denial
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Phuong Dien Dang Tran, 

Petitioner, 

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Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al, 

Respondents. 

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No. CV-10-1906-PHX-FJM

ORDER

The court has before it the government’s motion for limited remand, or in the

alternative motion to extend time to file an answer to the Petition for Review (doc. 24),

petitioner’s response (doc. 25), and the government’s reply (doc. 26).

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has twice reviewed

petitioner’s naturalization application and twice denied it on separate grounds—the first time

for lack of good moral character and failure to present mitigating evidence, the second time

based on a conclusion that petitioner had been convicted of an aggravated felony which

rendered him ineligible for naturalization. In his complaint, petitioner seeks de novo review

of the denial of his naturalization application (doc. 1). 

USCIS asserts that, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 103.5, it is prepared to reconsider its denial

of petitioner’s naturalization application and asks this court to remand the case back to

USCIS. Petitioner opposes the motion to remand, arguing that USCIS has already reviewed

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the naturalization application twice and urges this court to conduct a de novo review and

grant his application. 

The government is intimately familiar with the issues in this case and is willing to

reconsider its own decision on petitioner’s application. We think it is in the best interest of

judicial efficiency and economy to allow the government to reconsider its decision. In its

motion for remand, USCIS asserts that it will reopen, reconsider, and issue a new decision

on petitioner’s naturalization application within 45 days after remand, and further that it will

notify this court within 10 days of its decision. We will hold the government to this timeline.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED GRANTING the government’s motion for remand

(doc. 24). The government shall file with this court no later than June 20, 2011 notice of its

decision regarding petitioner’s application for naturalization on remand. 

DATED this 25th day of April, 2011.

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