United States Ex Rel. Lindenau v. Watkins

HOLTZOFF, Justice,

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

This is a writ of habeas corpus issued on the petition of Max Pateau to review an order of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, directing the petitioner’s deportation pursuant to the pertinent provisions of the Immigration law, U.S.C.A. Title 8, §§ 154 and 156. The ground of the projected deportation is that at the time of his entry into the United States, the petitioner was an immigrant not in possession of a valid immigration visa or a proper passport, and was not…