WIXMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 11599.

167 F.2d 808 (1948)

WIXMAN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wirin, Kido & Okrand, A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Leo Gallagher and Herbert Ganahl, all of Los Angeles, Cal. (Arthur Garfield Hays, Osmond K. Fraenkel and Nanette Dembitz, Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., Ronald Walker and Paul Fitting, Asst. U. S. Attys, all of Los Angeles, Cal., Bruce G. Barber, District Adjudications Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, of Los Angeles Cal., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MATHEWS, BONE, and ORR, Circuit Judges.


MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment denying a petition for naturalization filed by appellant, Shulim Wixman, also known as Samuel Morris Wixman, who was born in Russia on March 25, 1900, and entered the United States under the name of Scholem Wieseman on July 16, 1911. The petition was filed on September 25, 1945, and was denied on February 7, 1947.

The petition was filed pursuant to the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 501 et...

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