Hiroshi Okada v. Dulles

HARRIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, bom of Japanese parents in California in 1915, seeks a declaration of his status as a national of the United States. 8 U.S.C.A. § 903.1 The United States opposes plaintiff on the ground that he has expatriated himself within the meaning of 8 U.S.C.A. § 801(c).2

The relevant facts are as follows:

Plaintiff, after living in California during his childhood, went to Japan for his education. He remained there until 1939 in which year he returned to the United States. He registered for the Draft in California in 1940. In 1941, after obtaining a 1-B classification,…