SZEHINSKYJ v. ATTY. GEN. OF U.S.

No. 04-3710.

432 F.3d 253 (2005)

Theodor SZEHINSKYJ, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre Michniak, Michniak, Bezpalko & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

David W. Folts, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., William H. Kenety V, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before SLOVITER, FISHER, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) October 27, 2005.

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this case is whether the statutory language "assisted in persecution" means the same thing in the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 and the Holtzman Amendment of 1978. We hold that it does.

I.

Petitioner Theodor Szehinskyj entered the United States in 1950 and was naturalized in 1958. He was denaturalized on July 24, 2000, following trial on the issue...

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