Roman Silva Solomon, Jr. v. Warren Christopher, as Secretary of State Pamela Covington, as Deputy Secretary of State for Passport Services

51 F.3d 282 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roman Silva SOLOMON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warren CHRISTOPHER, as Secretary of State; Pamela Covington, as Deputy Secretary of State for Passport Services, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-15336. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1995. Decided March 9, 1995. Before: Reinhardt, Thompson, Kleinfeld, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * BACKGROUND 2 On April 7, 1973, Roman Silva Solomon, Jr. relocated to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from the Philippines as an employee of the Micronesian Construction Company. Solomon worked for Micronesian Construction Company from 1973 to 1976, at which time the company went bankrupt and sent its employees back to the Philippines. Solomon did not return to the CNMI until 1979. Since Solomon's return to the CNMI, he has resided there continuously, and he has only travelled to the Philippines for two brief vacations. 3…