CHEN v. PALMER

No. 78-1388.

589 F.2d 355 (1978)

Chuan-Fa CHEN and Shen-Rong Shieh, a/k/a Kenlyson Shay, Appellants, v. Jay A. PALMER, District Director, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Buxbaum, New York City, on brief, for appellants.

Philip Wilen, Chief, Government Regulations and Labor Section, Crim. Div., James P. Morris and Robert Kendall, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellees.

Before HEANEY, ROSS, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Chuan-Fa Chen and Shen-Rong Shieh, citizens of the Republic of China, are in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) facing deportation. They seek release by writ of habeas corpus, alleging errors in the deportation proceedings.

Chen, a crewman on a Liberian ship, deserted from the ship in New York in February 1974. He was arrested by INS officials in July 1974 and served with an order to show cause why he should not be...

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