United States First Circuit

Revocation of citizenship for a former soldier in the German Army who participated in the clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII is affirmed where the court did not rely on its own view of a Nazi report in rejecting defendant's arguments, and where the government presented sufficient evidence to satisfy its burden of proof.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2006
• Published 03/23/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. Sheketoff, with whom Thomas Butters were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey L. Menkin, Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Special Investigations, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom William Henry Kenety V, Senior Trial Attorney, Susan L. Siegal, Principal Deputy Director, Eli M. Rosenbaum, Director, Mark Grady, Assistant United States Attorney, and Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.