Simeon Viloria Arellano v. Ernest E. Gustafson, District Director, Ins

891 F.2d 294 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Simeon Viloria ARELLANO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ernest E. GUSTAFSON, District Director, INS, Respondent-Appellee. No. 88-6456. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 27, 1989. * Decided Dec. 1, 1989. Before ALARCON, O'SCANNLAIN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 On September 13, 1984, appellant Simeon Arellano, citizen of the Philippines, petitioned for naturalization under sections 701 and 702 of the Nationality Act of 1940, Pub.L. No. 76-853, 54 Stat. 1137, as amended by the Second War Powers Act of 1942, section 1001, Pub.L. No. 77-507, 56 Stat. 182. The district court denied Arellano's petition based on its reading of INS v. Pangilinan, 108 S.Ct. 2210 (1984). We affirm. 3 Section 701 exempted non-citizens from many ordinary naturalization requirements. Section 702 extended section 701 to non-citizens living abroad who served in the United States Armed Forces and petitioned…