Ex parte Lee Fong Fook

GOODMAN, District Judge.

On August 25, 1947, petitioner arrived at the Port of San Francisco aboard the steamship General Meigs on a return trip from China. He was refused entry to the United States by Immigration officials, and ever since arrival has been and still is detained in their custody. While he was in such detention, an Immigration Board of Special Inquiry (8 U.S.C.A. § 153) conducted hearings on a number of different days in October and November of 1947, at all of which petitioner was represented by counsel of his choosing. On December 1, 1947, the Board of Special Inquiry denied…