Brito

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Victor Manuel Brito Sanchez, No. 2:18-cv-00097-KJM-DB Plaintiff, AMENDED ORDER Vv. Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, Defendant. After the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed a final order of removal for plaintiff Victor Manuel Brito Sanchez (Brito), the Ninth Circuit transferred this case to this court to conduct a de novo review of Brito’s claim that he is a United States citizen. See generally Transfer Order, ECF No. 1. This court found in Brito’s favor, see Dec. 10, 2021 Order at 2, ECF No. 69, and the government now moves the court to reconsider that decision, see Def.’s Mot., ECF No. 70-1. For the reasons discussed below, the court grants the government’s motion and 23 supersedes its previous order with this amended superseding order. Ultimately, however, the court’s conclusion remains the same: Brito is a U.S. citizen. 25 I. BACKGROUND …