Legal Opinion
Lam Leung Kam v. Esperdy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 7, 1967No. 67 Civ. 2833, 2820, 2934PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, District Judge.
These suits by alien seamen to stay their deportation to Hong Kong all raise the same question:
Where, pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 1 as amended, Title 8 U.S.C. § 1252, a deportation order was entered against an alien after according him due process, was it an abuse of discretion for the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization to refuse to stay such deportation pending hearing and determination of the alien’s petition to reopen his deportation proceeding?
The essential facts with respect to each of the plaintiffs are not in dispute. Each…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kam Ng v. PilliodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- Chao Chin Chen v. MurffDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- Tai Mui v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Chan Hing v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
3Cited by8 opinions
- Graciela Acevedo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Cheng Kai Fu v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Chan Chung Yin v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Wong Kam Cheung v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Kwong Chau v. EsperdyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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