Some of this information regarded Dailide, a native of Lithuania. According to this information, Dailide was a member of the Saugumas, a security force that worked with the Nazi government. On the basis of this, the US sought to denaturalize Dailide, specifically on the ground that he was ineligible to receive an immigrant visa because he had willfully misrepresented a material fact on his visa application. The US government sued in federal district court to denaturalize Dailide. It presented evidence regarding the role of the Saugumas, and that Dailide was a member, and filed a motion for summary judgment.
Summary judgment is a mechanism by which judgment can be entered without a trial.
For summary judgment to be entered, all of the facts, taken in the light most favorable to the party seeking to avoid summary judgment, must leave no genuine issue of fact. The district court granted the government s motion, and entered an order denaturalizing Dailide. Dailide appealed to the Sixth Circuit. According to the court, there were two issues. Documents presented by the government detailed the role of the Saugumas, which showed that it had assisted the Einsatzkommando 3 in arresting and investigating people.