Lee Chock Hon v. Proctor

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus, following appellant’s exclusion by the immigration authorities at the port of Seattle.. Appellant, a Chinese person, claims to have been born in San Francisco on February 24, 1918. He arrived from China at Seattle in May, 1939, and applied for admission as a native-born citizen of the United States. After a hearing before a board of special inquiry appellant’s appli7 cation for admission was denied. He appealed to the Secretary of Labor, and the order of exclusion was affirmed by the Board of Review.

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