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UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA

No. 82-849.

464 U.S. 154 (1984)

UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Geller argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee and Joshua I. Schwartz.

Donald L. Ungar argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Lawrence N. DiCostanzo.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1978 respondent Sergio Mendoza, a Filipino national, filed a petition for naturalization under a statute which by its terms had expired 32 years earlier.1 Respondent's claim for naturalization was based on the assertion that the Government's administration of the Nationality Act denied him due process of law. Neither the District Court nor the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...

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