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BREYER v. MEISSNER

No. 98-1842.

214 F.3d 416 (2000)

Johann BREYER, Appellant v. Doris MEISSNER, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willan F. Joseph, (Argued), Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellant.

David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Karen F. Torstenson, Assistant Director, Gretchen M. Wolfinger, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, ROTH and McKAY, Circuit Judges

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the interpretation of our immigration laws as they apply to Johann Breyer, a naturalized citizen who claimed, when faced with denaturalization, that he had been entitled to American citizenship by birth through his American-born mother. The statutes governing Breyer's claim to citizenship are § 1993 of the Revised Statutes of 1874 and a 1994 amendment to the Immigration and Naturalization...

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