In re Naturalization of Garstka

FOX, District Judge.

The United States Naturalization Service opposes the petition of Konrad Garstka on the grounds that he fathered an illegitimate child born June 7, 1964, and has therefore not established that he is of the requisite good moral character for citizenship.

Because good moral character requires a case-by-case analysis, the background surrounding the petitioner’s alleged illicit behavior should be examined. Petitioner, a widower, was employed from July, 1963, to February, 1965, as a physician in the Memorial Hospital at Elmhurst, Illinois. During that time he became acquainted…