Hopkins v. Fachant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. Appellants take this appeal from an order made by the District Court discharging appellee from custody upon habeas corpus. Her petition for the writ of habeas corpus is very lengthy, but the essential points therein may be briefly stated.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. Appellants take this appeal from an order made by the District Court discharging appellee from custody upon habeas corpus. Her petition for the writ of habeas corpus is very lengthy, but the essential points therein may be briefly stated. In said petition it is alleged that Alexander Fachant was born in the republic of France, “but is now, and during all the times herein mentioned was, a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and has been domiciled in the United States of…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after making the foregoing statement). .Appellee moves that the appeal herein be dismissed upon the grounds that this court is without jurisdiction to hear and determine the matters involved upon this appeal, for the reason and upon the ground that the determination of the case involves the construction and application of the Constitution of the United States and the constitutionality of the law of the United States passed March 3, 1903, c. 1012, 32 Stat. 1213 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1903, p. 170], being “An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,” and also the…
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