Ex parte Liang Buck Chew

MORTON, District Judge.

Habeas corpus to the Commissioner of Immigration to secure the release óf a Chinaman who is held for depórtation. The facts are not in dispute and are as follows:

Chew, after having resided several years in this country, went back to China for a visit. On his return when he was examined by the health officials of the Immigration Service he was found to be afflicted with clonorehiasis or fluke worm of the liver. The Health Officers thereupon certified that the applicant was suffering from a “dangerous contagious disease.” The board of special inquiry, considering that it…