§ 401, 104 Stat. 4978, overhauled the naturalization process, removing naturalization from the courts and vesting the Attorney General with “sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States.” 8 U.S.C. § 1421(a). Section 401 of the Act created a process for district court judicial review of denied applications for naturalization. 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c). “Such review shall be de novo, and the court shall make its own findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall, at the request of the petitioner, conduct a hearing de novo on the application.” 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c). Section 1429 was amended to reflect the shift from judicial to administrative naturalization proceedings. Its current form prohibits the Attorney General from entertaining a naturalization re (D.Vi.1998) (<HOLDING>). I am persuaded that section 1429 does not
holding that section 1429 does not divest district court of jurisdiction when deportation proceedings are pending holding that district courts lack jurisdiction to review denied applications when deportation proceedings are pending holding that notice of appeal did not divest the district court of jurisdiction at the time it was filed because a motion for reconsideration was pending holding agency action is final where there are no deportation proceedings pending in which the decision might be reopened or challenged holding the district court did not have jurisdiction to review denial of adjustment of status where removal proceedings are pending