CHONG CHAK v. MURFF


172 F.Supp. 150 (1958)

CHONG CHAK et al., Plaintiffs, v. John L. MURFF, as District Director for the New York District, Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of Justice, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hong & Lebenkoff, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Dist. Atty., New York City, Roy Babitt, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for defendant.


DIMOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs move for a stay of deportation pending prosecution of their action (a) for review of administrative denials of applications under Section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h), for stays on the ground that they would be subject to physical persecution in the country to which it is proposed to deport them, (b) for a declaratory judgment and (c) for a permanent injunction.

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