WONG GIM NGOON v. PROCTOR

No. 8588.

93 F.2d 704 (1937)

WONG GIM NGOON v. PROCTOR et al., Immigration and Naturalization Com'r.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McNab and S. C. Wright, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., and Gerald Shucklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash. (J. P. Sanderson, of Seattle, Wash., Immigration and Naturalization Service, on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, MATHEWS, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.


HANEY, Circuit Judge.

The court below denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, and from the order denying the writ this appeal was taken.

Appellant is a Chinese boy about 14 years old, who arrived at the port of Seattle on September 30, 1936. He applied for entry into the United States on the ground that he is an alleged foreign-born son of Wong Mon Fay, an alleged native-born citizen of the United States. On October 19, 1936, a Chinese...

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