Case Name: Ib Otto ASTRUP, Petitioner and Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-07-08
Citations: 432 F.2d 438
Docket Number: No. 23859
Parties: Ib Otto ASTRUP, Petitioner and Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Appellee.
Judges: Before CHAMBERS, and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and PLUMMER, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 432
Pages: 438–439

Head Matter:
Ib Otto ASTRUP, Petitioner and Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Appellee.
No. 23859.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
July 8, 1970.
Certiorari Granted Jan. 18, 1971.
See 91 S.Ct. 566.
Paul N. Halvonik (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.
David R. Urdan (argued), Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., David N. Ilchert, Ass’t. Director, I. & N. S., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS, and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and PLUMMER, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The decision and order of the district court denying citizenship to Astrup is affirmed. We believe that he is concluded by Lapenieks v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 9 Cir., 389 F.2d 343, cert. den. 391 U.S. 951, 88 S.Ct. 1846, 20 L.Ed.2d 864.
He made a considered decision initially to claim his alienage as a ground for avoiding military service. We believe the situation should be tested as of the time his claim was made.
District Judge PLUMMER dissents for the reasons stated by Judge Duniway in his dissent in Lapenieks.