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UNITED STATES v. WATKINS

No. 67, Docket 21095.

170 F.2d 1009 (1948)

UNITED STATES ex rel. JOHNSON v. WATKINS.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

November 29, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gunther Jacobson, of New York City, for relator May Johnson.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City, (William J. Sexton, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Alvin Lieberman, Atty., Immigration & Naturalization Service, United States Department of Justice, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

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

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The relator, a native and citizen of Sweden, arrived at the Port of New York on March 1, 1948, and applied for admission into the United States as a quota immigrant. Upon arrival she was examined by medical officers [hereinafter referred to as examining surgeons] of the United States Public Health Service who found her to be mentally defective, and made a certificate to that effect.

On March 16, 1948, she was accorded a hearing...

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