Bruce G. Barber, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Kurt Rietmann

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Rietmann, hereafter referred to as Petitioner, a citizen of Switzerland, was on the first day of July, 1949, admitted as a permanent resident of the United States. On March 19, 1951, he requested and was granted relief from service in the Armed Forces of the United States under Section 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 604, 605-606, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 454(a). Having claimed and been granted exemption from service in the Armed Forces, Petitioner was thereby debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States.

Thereafter, Petitioner decided to take a…