Mohamed Mathin v. John F. Kerry, No. 14-1889 (7th Cir. 2015)
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United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 July 7, 2015 Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge No. 14-1889 MOHAMED ABDUL MATHIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN F. KERRY, Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division No. 1:11-cv-05157 Joan Humphrey Lefkow, Judge ORDER On consideration of the Petition For Rehearing, filed by Plaintiff-Appellant on June 22, 2015, and all members of the original panel having voted to DENY the Petition For Rehearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition For Rehearing is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the opinion issued in the above-entitled case on April 7, 2015, is hereby amended as follows: Appeal No. 14-1889 On page 2, the last sentence of the first full paragraph, which reads: “Because the Government has a <strong and legitimate interest in ensuring that only qualified persons are granted citizenship,’ the Supreme Court has recognized that <doubts should be resolved in favor of the United States.’ Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 385 U.S. 630, 637 (1967); Bustamante-Barrera v. Gonzalez, 447 U.S. 388, 394-95 (5th Cir. 2006)” is deleted. On page 4, in the 3rd full paragraph, after the second sentence which begins “The Illinois Department of Public Health …,” a footnote is added which reads: “In the course of the subsequent investigation, the State Department was informed that the Illinois Bureau of Vital Statistics had flagged that delayed birth certificate as fraudulent.” Page 2
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