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BENSKY v. POWELL

No. 04-2017.

391 F.3d 894 (2004)

L. David BENSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Colin POWELL, Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Bensky (argued), Stafford Rosenbaum, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard D. Humphrey (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 1964, David Bensky, a native-born citizen of the United States, became a citizen of Israel and enlisted in the Israeli army. The day before enlisting he went to the American embassy in Tel Aviv and signed an Oath of Renunciation of Nationality of the United States. The consular officer before whom Bensky signed the oath executed a Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States, certifying that Bensky had lost his U.S. citizenship...

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