Anthony A. Alesi v. Gordon L. Cornell, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California

This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The action was brought to prevent deportation of petitioner, and to declare defendant’s order of deportation invalid for lack of procedural due process. 1

As plaintiff states, the facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, subsequent to his entry into this country, was convicted:(1) on April 23, 1940, in New York, of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs;(2) on February 6,1942, in New York, of theft of mail from an authorized depository ;(3) on August 26, 1952, in California, of petty theft (§ 484,…