Wong Fon Haw v. Dulles

(sitting by designation).

This is an application in an action to establish nationality brought under Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, U.S. Code, Title 8, Section 903,1 for a certificate of identity which would permit the plaintiff to proceed from China to the United States in order to testify at the trial of this action.

The Court is of the opinion that power to grant this relief does not exist since the statute vests the authority to do so solely and finally in the Secretary of State. The Court concurs with the opinion of Judge Goodman in the Northern District of California in the…