Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. McKenzie v. Savoretti, District Director of United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 10, 1952No. 13984_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a final judgment of the trial court declining to issue a writ of habeas corpus in a proceeding brought by the appellant, Alpheus Herbert McKenzie, to inquire into the legality of a decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ordering his deportation from the United States. 1

The appellant contends that the administrative action was unfair and constituted a denial of due process of law, because after the order of deportation had been entered, the hearing officer refused to reopen the matter 2 to consider his claim, not theretofore made, that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Volpe v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. United States Ex Rel. Zaffarano v. CorsiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
  3. Tillinghast v. EdmeadCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1929
  4. Mercer v. LenceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
  5. United States Ex Rel. Portada v. DayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Jean-Louis v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  2. VELAZQUEZ-HERRERABoard of Immigration Appeals · 2008
  3. Tseung Chu v. CornellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
  4. Nabuo Okabe v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. Fajardo v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011

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