Mark Brown v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Mark Brown, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals to dismiss his appeal from an order of removal. Brown argues that the former Immigration and Naturalization Service violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from deriving citizenship through his parents and obstructing his attempt to apply for citizenship on his own account. We previously transferred Brown’s case to the District Court for the Central District of California to make findings of fact and conclusions of law concerning his claim that he is entitled to U.S. citizenship. Brown v. Holder, 763 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 2014). The district court concluded that Brown had not established that his eonsti- tutional right to apply for citizenship was violated. Having considered the district court’s order and the supplemental briefing filed thereafter by the parties, we deny the petition.

I. Background

Brown was born in Madras, India, on July 4, 1968, and entered the United States lawfully as an immigrant along with his family on March 25, 1977. In April 1983, his father, Trevor Brown, and mother, Marjorie Brown, submitted petitions for…