United States ex rel. Ruiz v. Redfern
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
Habeas corpus by the' United States, on the relation of Alfred Ruiz, against S. E. Redfern, as Commissioner of Immigration, and others, to obtain relator’s release from the custody of the defendant under deportation warrant.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
In this case Alfred Ruiz, an alien, prays for a writ of habeas corpus to deliver him from the custody of the Commissioner of Immigration at New Orleans and the keeper of the parish prison, where he is incarcerated. It appears that the relator, a- native of Spain, but now a citizen of the republic of Panama, came to the United States from- Panama on the steamship Meltonian, and landed at Mobile on the 23d of December, 1909, bringing with him a prostitute, whose fare he paid, and who posed as his wife. He is now held by the Commissioner of Immigration under a warrant…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Frick v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
- United States v. RuizCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1913
- Ex parte GytlDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1914