Citizenship Denied

[David W Harris dorsharris@verizon.net]

X-No-archive: yes
In 1927, a family member petitioned the Southern New York District Court of the
United States for citizenship. In 1930, that petition was denied.

The only item appearing on the denial is a stamp stating

Lack of Prosecution
List No.1883

Does anyone know how I can find out what List 1883 is and how to discover the cause
for denial?

Thank you.
David Harris
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch JewishGen’s video – click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASSn4rDXh4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box"
on the JewishGen homepage.
By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in
Jewishgen receiving a commission.
It’s an easy way to help JewishGen!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sign up for the JGFFAlert!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgff-faq.html#q3.7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join our mailing list at http://lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager if you
would like the convenience of receiving all soc.genealogy.jewish posts in
your mailbox, instead of having to search for them in the newsgroup, whose
content may not be consistently carried in its entirety by all providers.

[Stephen Katz katzsr@verizon.net]

X-No-archive: yes

David Harris wrote:

"In 1927, a family member petitioned the Southern New York District Court of the
United States for citizenship. In 1930, that petition was denied. The only item
appearing on the denial is a stamp stating Lack of Prosecution List No.1883
Does anyone know how I can find out what List 1883 is and how to discover the cause
for denial?"

"Lack of prosecution" means that, for some reason, the family member did not pursue
his or her petition for citizenship. It would be worth checking to see if a
petition was refiled at a later time.

"List 1883" may refer to the court's docket, either for civil cases in general or
citizenship cases in particular. David might wish to contact the court clerk's
office for further information.

Stephen Katz
NYC

Researching: KATZ (Novograd-Volynsk, Ukraine and Boston, Mass.); TEPPER
(Novograd-Volynsk and Rovno (Rivne), Ukraine, and New York City); KAPLAN
(Stakliskes, Lithuania, and central Mass.); KABACHNIK (Butrymonis, Lithuania);
VITKIN (Kaunas, Lithuania, and Boston,Mass.); GREENBERG/BLOCH, Vilna, Lithuania,
and Boston, Mass.); BLUM, LEVINE (Boston, Mass.)

[Allan Jordan aejordan@aol.com]

X-No-archive: yes
David Harris wrote:

"In 1927, a family member petitioned the Southern New York District Court of the
United States for citizenship.

Stephen Katz wrote:
David might wish to contact the court clerk's office for further information.

Southern District is Federal not State so any information would be at NARA. There
should also be a file at CIS in Washington DC and the CIS historian might know more
of the specifics of this list.

David might also want to check with HIAS as they helped some people who were having
immigration problems.

Allan Jordan

[David W Harris dorsharris@verizon.net]

X-No-archive: yes
Dear members,

Many thanks for the responses to my question about a denial of citizenship and the
New York court's entry of Lack of Prosecution and, specifically, List 1883. I had
erroneously assumed List 1883 would identify the cause for denial. It appears that
my relative did not fully provide the information requested.

Thanks again,
David Harris