LAPENIEKS v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

No. 21199.

389 F.2d 343 (1968)

Vilis Martins LAPENIEKS, Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Department of Justice, etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar F. Gross (argued), of Gross & Eisenstein and Richard B. Cutler, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

James R. Dooley, Asst. U. S. Atty., (argued), William H. Karp, General Atty., William M. Bryne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Frederick M. Brosio, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief of Civil Division, Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph Sureck, Regional Counsel, San Pedro, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and BEEKS, District Judge.


BEEKS, District Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court denying a petition for naturalization filed pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1427. The trial court denied the petition on the ground that in 1952 the appellant had availed himself of an exemption from military service, as a Latvian national residing in the United States, where one of the conditions of claiming said exemption was permanent ineligibility for citizenship. In 1956, a change in Selective...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases