Court Opinion

ID: 9460813
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:00:53.013153+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:47.601426
License: Public Domain

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL,
Circuit Judge (concurring).
I concur less because I have any fear that Mr. Sint was unfairly treated than *124because I think the United States Government should not be bailed out from the need to present an adequate prima facie case where the matter to be proven is so patently simple and within its power to prove. We-1 should not encourage the cutting of corners by an agency having such significant responsibilities. On the other hand I have little sympathy for Sint's claim that he was fouled when he has not even had the candor to state whether or not he claims to be a citizen. Had the Government’s ease rested on matters which it could not readily be expected to prove from its own stock of information, I would require Sint at least to go through the motions of telling us that he believes he has a colorable claim to citizenship before wasting our time with his complaint. Cf. Bilokumsky, supra.