Quan Toon Jung v. Bonham

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a Chinese boy seventeen years of age, was excluded from entry into the United States at the port of Seattle. He sought release on habeas corpus, asserting that the exclusion order was arbitrary and capricious, and from the denial of the relief prayed for he appeals.

Appellant claims the right to enter as the son of Quan Siew, a native-born citizen of the United States. In October, 1938, Quan Siew filed with the immigration service at Saint Paul an affidavit for predetermination of his status as a citizen in anticipation of the coming to this country of…