Matsutaka v. Carr

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The question for decision is this: Is an alien seaman who has resided in the United States for a period barring his deportation for an illegal entry entitled to re-enter the United States upon his return from a fishing voyage in foreign waters as a member of the crew of an American fishing vessel. This question was answered in the affirmative by this court in Weedin v. Banzo Okada, 2 F.(2d) 321, and that decision has been generally followed by the District Courts of this circuit. Ex parte T.…