Houvardas v. Wixon

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is an alien and has, by the Attorney General of the United States, been ordered deported under and by authority of the provisions of the Act of February 5, 1917, as amended. 8 U.S.C.A. § 155(a)1 The Immigration and Naturalization Service found that appellant has, since May 1, 1917, been sentenced more than once to a term of imprisonment of more than one year because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude and has not been pardoned.

Appellant, alleging that his right to apply for a pardon had not been exhausted and was still available and…