LeBrun v. Thornburgh

AMENDED OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiff, born in France, the daughter of an American World War II soldier, has been denied United States citizenship. Plaintiff’s parents were unmarried, and her father returned to the United States after the war. Plaintiff’s mother, a French citizen, remained in France with her daughter.

In order for plaintiff to have been eligible for citizenship, it was necessary that she be recognized and acknowledged by her father before she became 21. Plaintiff was not “legitimated” by her father until 1981, the year that he died, at which time she was…