In re Reitmann

GOODMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner is a citizen of Switzerland who has been a resident of the United States since July 1, 1949, when he was lawfully admitted as a permanent resident. On April 1, 1955, preparatory to a contemplated trip to Switzerland, petitioner obtained a permit to re-enter the United States. Thereafter he departed from this country and went to Switzerland. Upon his return to the United States on September 27, 1955, he was denied admittance under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 as an alien ineligible for citizenship. Pending the outcome of exclusion proceedings,…