Dos Reis Ex Rel. Camara v. Nicolls

161 F.2d 860 (1947)

DOS REIS ex rel. CAMARA

v.

NICOLLS, Dist. Director of Immigration & Naturalization.

No. 4230.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 2, 1947.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1947.

David Silverstein, of Fall River, Mass., for petitioner.

Gerald J. McCarthy, Asst. U.S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (William T. McCarthy, U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for respondent.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

Section 401 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1168, 8 U.S.C.A. § 801, contains the following provision: "A person who is a…