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· 12/23/2003

United States v. Jimenez-Alcala

Citations

  • 353 F.3d 858
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 26235
  • 2003 WL 23002720

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the concepts of “citizenship” and “nationality” are essentially synonymous, and that the only noncitizen U.S. nationals are residents of American Samoa and Swains Island
  • adopting Ninth Circuit view of the term \national\ in a criminal case without discussion of Chevron
  • residing in the United States for a long period or subjectively considering oneself a person who owes permanent allegiance to the U.S. does not render one a national
  • adopting the Ninth’s Circuit’s analysis and conclusion that “the term ‘national,’ when used to describe non-citizens, refers only to those born in territories of the United States”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tacha, McKay, McConnell

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