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222617P.pdf   08/11/2023  United States  v.  Deanah Cheboss
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2617
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Shepherd and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The false statements defendant made to 
   procure her naturalization in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1425(a) were 
   material as that element of the offense has been defined in Maslenjak v. 
   United States, 582 U.S. 335 (2017) and were made under oath, see 18 U.S.C. 
   Sec. 1015(a); with respect to defendant's claim she had an independent 
   defense to the Sec. 1425(a) charge because, despite whatever lies she may 
   have told, she still legitimately qualified for naturalization must be 
   rejected, because in giving false testimony to obtain an immigration 
   benefit, defendant showed she lacked the good moral character required to 
   qualify for naturalization.