Ex Parte T. Nagata

JAMES, District Judge.

Petitioner, a native of Japan, had for more than five years prior to October, 1924, been' a resident of the United States. His employment was that of a fisherman. On October 4, 1924, he was employed by the owner of a motor fishing vessel called the Washington. The Washington was owned hy an alien Japanese, but its home port was Los Angeles, in the state of California, where it was regularly numbered in the records of the customs office of the district. It is conceded that the Washington had the status of an American vessel engaged in foreign commerce.

On October 4, 1924,…