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UNITED STATES v. WATKINS

No. 281, Docket 20647.

163 F.2d 328 (1947)

UNITED STATES ex rel. BRADLEY v. WATKINS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 23, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Dix and David S. Kumble, both of New York City, for appellant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Harold J. Raby, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

By writ of habeas corpus the relator, a native-born citizen of Norway, challenged the legality of his detention by immigration officials at Ellis Island. His petition alleged that he was illegally held as an alien enemy under an internment order issued by the Attorney General of the United States; but the respondent's return to the writ asserted that he was detained pursuant to an exclusion order, dated October 14, 1941, of a board of special...

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