United States ex rel. United States Lines v. Watkins

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The United States Lines has sought a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of Nick Colovis, a seaman in the United States merchant service now under detention for deportation as an alien. Colovis, a citizen of Greece, holds American seaman’s papers issued by the United States Coast Guard, an American Social Security card, and an unexpired Greek passport. As a seaman on the S. S. “Thomas C. Power,” .operated by the United States Lines, he came into the port of Norfolk, Virginia, on April 8, 1948, where an Immigrant Inspector refused hit- admission to the United…