NG GWONG DUNG v. BROWNELL


112 F.Supp. 673 (1953)

NG GWONG DUNG v. BROWNELL, Atty. Gen. et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Thomas, New York City, for plaintiff.

J. Edward Lumbard, Jr., U. S. Atty., New York City, for Shaughnessy and appearing specially for Brownell, Jr., and Mackay.

William J. Sexton, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Lester Friedman, Attorney, Office of the District Counsel Immigration and Naturalization Service, U. S. Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel), for defendants.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff asks for a temporary injunction restraining defendants from detaining him pending trial and disposition of his action for a declaration of citizenship. Defendants have cross-moved to dismiss his complaint.

There is no authority for bringing this sort of action.

Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940,1 upon which plaintiff relies, was repealed...

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