Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Mendoza-Martinez v. Mackey

238 F.2d 239

Type: Opinion
Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1956-11-02
Topic: general

PER CURIAM. Mendoza-Martinez appeals from an adverse judgment in an action for declaratory judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Northern Division. Appellant departed the United States in 1942 for Mexico and remained there until 1946. Upon his return to the United States, he was convicted for draft evasion under 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 311.1 While in custody, appellant was arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for illegal entry; the warrant alleged expatriation under Sec. 401 (j) of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1168 (1940), as amended by 58 Stat. 746 (1944).2 The statute provided, in substance, for loss of United States nationality by departing from or remaining outside United States jurisdiction during a national emergency for the purpose of evading or avoiding military service. After exhausting administrative remedies, appellant brought this action for declaratory relief.

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Mendoza-Martinez v. Mackey. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by: 2 opinions

MENDOZA-MARTINEZ v. MACKEY,238 F.2d 239(9th Cir. 1956)

Francisco MENDOZA-MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. Argyle R. MACKEY, Commissioner

of Immigration and Naturalization and Herbert Brownell, Attorney General

of the United States, Appellees.

No. 14997.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 2, 1956.

Page 240

Vincent P. DiGiorgio, DiGiorgio Davis, Bakersfield, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U.S. Atty., Max F. Deutz, James R. Dooley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before BONE, ORR and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Mendoza-Martinez appeals from an adverse judgment in an action for declaratory judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Northern Division.

Appellant departed the United States in 1942 for Mexico and remained there until 1946. Upon his return to the United States, he was convicted for draft evasion under 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 311.¹While in custody, appellant was arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for illegal entry; the warrant alleged expatriation under Sec. 401(j) of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1168 (1940), as amended by 58 Stat. 746 (1944).²The statute provided, in substance, for loss of United States nationality by departing from or remaining outside United States jurisdiction during a national emergency for the purpose of evading or avoiding military service.

After exhausting administrative remedies, appellant brought this action for declaratory relief. Appellant's sole contention is that Sec. 401(j) is unconstitutional. This Court has twice held said section to be constitutional; on authority of Gonzalez v. Landon, 9 Cir., 1954,215 F.2d 955, reversed on other grounds350 U.S. 920, 76 S.Ct. 210, and Vidales v. Brownell, 9 Cir., 1954,217 F.2d 136, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.Page 241

Now Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462. ↩
Now Immigration and Nationality Act 1952, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1481(a). ↩