Tamrat Asrat v. Sarah Taylor

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-2131
TAMRAT ASRAT,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SARAH TAYLOR, in her official capacity as Director, U.S.C.I.S, Washington, DC;
ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Homeland
Security; TRACY RENAUD, Senior Official performing the duties of the Director,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; KIMBERLY ZANOTTI, in her official
capacity as Field Office Director, U.S.C.I.S, Washington, DC; ROBERT M.
WILKINSON, in his official capacity as Acting U.S. Attorney General,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, Senior District Judge. (1:18-cv-01453-TSE-IDD)
Submitted: December 14, 2020 Decided: February 12, 2021
Before DIAZ, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Steffanie Jones Lewis, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW FIRM, PC,
Washington, D.C., for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger, United States Attorney, Dennis
C. Barghaan, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

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ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Tamrat Asrat, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, appeals the district court’s order
granting summary judgment to Defendants, and denying summary judgment to Asrat, in
Asrat’s civil action, filed pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c), in which Asrat challenged the
denial of his application for naturalization. We have reviewed the parties’ arguments in
conjunction with the relevant authorities and, on this record, we discern no reversible error.
See Injeti v. USCIS, 737 F.3d 311, 315 (4th Cir. 2013) (providing de novo review for
actions resolved on summary judgment and for denials of naturalization). Accordingly, we
affirm for the reasons stated by the district court in its thorough and well-reasoned order.
See Asrat v. Taylor, No. 1:18-cv-01453-TSE-IDD (E.D. Va. Aug. 13, 2019). We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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