Bedrettin Cakmar v. Richard C. Hoy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service at Los Angeles, California

The Special Inquiry Officer hearing this matter for the Immigration and Naturalization Service commented: “This case is a classical example of the circumvention, through dilatory tactics, of the prompt execution of the immigration laws of this country.” We completely agree.

Appellant Bedrettin Cakmar, his wife, and three children, all citizens of Turkey, entered the United States from Turkey on July 7th, 1954, as temporary thirty-day visitors, with the admitted intent of “losing themselves” in the United States and delaying their deportation as long as possible. They were first ordered deported on June 9th, 1955.

On February 20, 1956, a complaint for judicial review of the deportation proceedings and injunction and declaratory relief was filed in the district court. An adverse decision in the district court was appealed to this Court on October 31, 1956. On May 20, 1957, the said appeal was dismissed by the clerk of the Court upon agreement between appellants and the Immigration and Naturalization Service that Cakmar and his family would and might depart from the United States at any time to and including July 1,1957.

Mrs. Cakmar subsequently asked for further delay, claiming…