United States v. Demetrios Boubaris

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York granting the petitioner’s application for naturalization as a citizen of the United States. In re Boubaris, 1955, 134 F.Supp. 613.

The facts are uncontroverted. The petitioner entered the United States on May 24, 1947 under a seaman’s conditional landing permit valid for 29 days. He departed with his ship 6 days thereafter. On July 12, 1947 he again arrived in the United States on the same vessel but was denied entry and was detained aboard ship as a mala-fide seaman. Six days…