Shirakura v. Royall

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

A motion for reconsideration was filed in this case before the entry of judgment of dismissal. However, it was not called to .the attention of the' Court until - after the judgment had been filed. >It is therefore treated as if a setting aside of the judgment were demanded.

This Court, following Ahrens v. Clark,1 held no jurisdiction existed over either Shirakura or Watanabe, prisoners of war in a foreign, independent sovereignty, where neither they nor their jailer nor custodian were present within the territorial limits set by Congress for this Court. The…