James Kaufman, a registered sex offender who is locked up in state prison in Wisconsin, has been trying for six years to renounce his citizenship, arguing that he is entitled to do so inside the United States during a state of war. But the Justice Department has fought Kaufman's effort to shed his citizenship while still in the country. And now that fight has gone to the D.C. Circuit, where the DOJ is challenging a ruling that favored Kaufman.
April 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
James Kaufman has been trying for six years to renounce his citizenship, pressing Justice Department officials and other government agencies to let him cut his ties to the United States.
Kaufman, a 36-year-old registered sex offender who is locked up in state prison in Wisconsin, says in court papers in Washington that he is entitled to renounce his citizenship inside the United States during a state of war. Typically, a person can only renounce citizenship outside of the United States.
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