Gagliardo v. Karnuth

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding to determine the legality of the imprisonment and detention of Catherine Gagliardo, the relator, by respondent, Arthur J. Karnuth, as the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization for the Seventh District. The writ was issued on October 11, 1945, on the verified petition of the relator and was made returnable on October 15, 1945. A return to the writ was filed on October 22, 1945, and the traverse to the Return was filed on November 5, 1945.

The relator was born of Italian parents, on January 2, 1905, in Vita, Italy, and was…