King v. Rogers

463 F.2d 1188 Elihu KING, aka Lee Dov King, aka Simon Matthew King, aka Lee Dov Rappoport, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William P. ROGERS, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Defendant-Appellant. No. 26725. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 26, 1972. Charles Gordon, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., James R. Dooley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Burton C. Jacobson (argued), of Atkins & Jacobson, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellee. Before BARNES, WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Secretary of State appeals a district court judgment finding that Elihu King remains a United States citizen. The district court held that the Secretary had failed to prove that King voluntarily renounced his United States citizenship when he became a naturalized British subject. We reverse. 2 King was born in the United States, and became a citizen at birth. His parents were divorced, and he lived with his father until 1948, when he obtained a United States passport. While en route to Palestine, he was interned by the Lebanese government during the Arab-Israeli war. He was released and sent to…