Singh

Singh v. Haff

Good Law
103 F.2d 303·1939 U.S. App. LEXIS 3561
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 18, 1939No. 9013California441 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Stephens, J.

Appellant is an alien and he takes this appeal from an order of the United States District Court denying the writ of habeas corpus to him while in custody of the immigration officials under an order of deportation. He claims that he did not have a full and fair hearing before the presiding immigration officer, and that the substantial evidence adduced at the hearing was all in favor óf appellant. The order appealed from must be sustained.

A warrant for arrest of the alien was issued February 1, 1934, and the hearing was commenced April 13, 1934. Adjournment was had to March 26, 1937. It is not contradicted that the alien arrived at San Francisco early in 1924 and was taken to Mexico, and that he came into the United States without permission. At first he claimed to have entered the United States in June, 1920, but changed the date to March 15, 1924, and testified that he was in Mexico but two or three nights. He produced several witnesses who testified that they saw him in central California in the Spring of 1924. A number of docu-. ments, dated late in 1924 were introduced, which tended to show that he was then in California, but none of them indicate that he was there prior to…

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