Wong Foo Gwong v. Carr

SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

Wong Eoo Gwong, appellant herein, a person of Chinese descent, in July, 1930, applied for admission to the United States as a blood son of Wong Sheh Woo, a native-born citizen of the United States. Appellant’s application for admission was denied by a Board of Special Inquiry sitting at San Pedro, California, and their exclusion order was sustained by the Secretary of Labor on appeal, August 25, 1930. Prom a refusal of the United States District Court of the Central Division of the Southern District of California to issue a writ of habeas corpus comes this appeal.

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