UNITED STATES v. SHAUGHNESSY


139 F.Supp. 465 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Assen NICOLOFF, Petitioner, v. Edward J. SHAUGHNESSY, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization at the Port of New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

January 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty. N. Y., New York City, for respondent. Harold J. Raby and Roy Babitt, Asst. U. S. Attys., Attys. for Immigration & Naturalization Service, New York City, of counsel.

Debevoise, Plimpton & McLean, New York City, for relator. Robert B. vonMehren and Boudinot P. Atterbury, New York City, of counsel.


WALSH, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks relief, by writ of habeas corpus, from an order of the Regional Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization excluding him from admission to the United States.

Petitioner arrived at the port of New York on December 16, 1955. He was detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service until December 19, 1955. On that date he was interrogated by an Examining Immigration Officer, who thereafter notified him that he...

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