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UNITED STATES v. WATKINS

No. 92, Docket 21131.

170 F.2d 998 (1948)

UNITED STATES ex rel. UNITED STATES LINES, on Behalf of COLOVIS v. WATKINS.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

December 3, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delbert M. Tibbetts, of New York City (Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City, on the brief), for relator-appellant.

William J. Sexton, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City (John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., and Alvin Lieberman, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The United States Lines has sought a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of Nick Colovis, a seaman in the United States merchant service now under detention for deportation as an alien. Colovis, a citizen of Greece, holds American seaman's papers issued by the United States Coast Guard, an American Social Security card, and an unexpired Greek passport. As a seaman on the S. S. "Thomas C. Power," operated by the United States Lines, he...

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