Ex parte Chin Fong
District Court, N.D. California
Application by Chin Fong for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from a warrant for his deportation to China. On demurrer to writ.
1Opinion of the Court
DOOEING, District Judge.
The petition shows that petitioner, Chin Fong, who had been a resident of the United States for a number of years, departed for China in November, 1912; that before he left he applied for a preinvestigation as to his status as a merchant, and a certificate was denied him, on the ground that his original entry into this country was surreptitious; that, notwithstanding this denial, the petitioner left the country, and is now endeavoring to reenter as a returning Chinese merchant; that he presents the affidavits of a member of the New York firm to which he claims to…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Chin Fong v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919
- Wong Sun v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923