Defendant seeks an attorney to represent her. The United States has filed an action to revoke Defendant’s naturalized U.S. citizenship. The U.S. alleges that, before Defendant became a naturalized U.S. citizen, she engaged in criminal activity that she concealed throughout the naturalization process and that disqualified her from U.S. citizenship. The U.S. seeks to denaturalize Defendant on three grounds:

(1) she illegally procured her U.S. citizenship because she committed an unlawful act during the statutory period before she naturalized that precluded her from demonstrating the requisite good moral character;
(2) she illegally procured her U.S. citizenship because she provided false testimony at her naturalization interview, which also precluded her from demonstrating the requisite good moral character; and
(3) she concealed and willfully misrepresented her unlawful acts, which adversely reflect on her moral character, throughout the naturalization proceedings. The case is at a very early stage. Representation would entail representing Defendant during all pretrial proceedings, including discovery and dispositive motions, and during trial, if necessary.

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