Legal Opinion

Chang Sim v. White

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 9, 1922No. 3696PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by Chang Sim and another against Edward White, as Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of San Francisco, after their deportation was ordered. From an order denying the petition, petitioners appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Chang Sim and Chang Yet, seek admission to the United States, asserting that they are citizens, foreign-bom sons of Waitong, whose citizenship is conceded. After hearings before a board of special inquiry admission was denied, and thereafter the Secretary of Labor dismissed their appeal, and deportation was ordered. To petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed in the District Court, demurrer was sustained, and from an order denying the petition appeal was taken.

The immigration records filed by stipulation disclose that Chang Sim arrived in San Francisco July…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lui Tse Chew v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926

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