DURON v. UNITED STATES

No. 355, Docket 23534.

246 F.2d 400 (1957)

Modesto Gutang DURON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Streep, New York, N. Y. (Edward L. Dubroff, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty., Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Margaret E. Millus, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether service from 1936 through 1941 on a vessel (1) owned by Philippine interests and (2) with a home port in Manila, Philippine Islands, falls within the requirements of the alien seaman naturalization law. We affirm the district court's decision that it does not.

Petitioner is a Philippine seaman who applied for naturalization under § 330 (a) (2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U...

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