United States Ex Rel. Cuevas Diaz v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization at the Port of New York

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The relator, a native and national of Spain, has been ordered deported as a seaman who outstayed his shore leave of not to exceed 29 days granted him on May 31, 1949, while his ship was in port and is now in this country illegally. He first entered the country as a deserting seaman on August 3, 1944. As a result of proceedings at that time he was permitted to depart voluntarily and did depart on June 20, 1946. Since he has no legal defense to the present order of deportation, he has directed his efforts toward securing the discretionary relief of suspension of deportation…