Valentin Villarin v. United States

MATHEWS, * Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, 1 denying a petition for naturalization filed by appellant, Valentin Villarin, on January 18, 1960, under 8 U.S.C.A. § 1440(a), 2 which, at all pertinent times, provided:

“Any person who, while an alien or a noncitizen national of the United States, has served honorably in an active-duty status in the military, air, or naval forces of the United States during either World War I or during a period beginning September 1, 1939, and ending December…