Ex parte Nunez

Decision Date01 December 1937
Docket NumberNo. 8642.,8642.
Citation93 F.2d 41
PartiesEx parte NUNEZ. CARR, District Director of Immigration, v. NUNEZ.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit

Ben Harrison, U. S. Atty., and Leo V. Silverstein and Francis Whelan, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

David C. Marcus, of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the government from an order, issued in a habeas corpus proceeding, that Dolores Lopez Nunez, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, be discharged from further custody or restraint of the immigration officers and not be deported.

Petitioner had been arrested by immigration officers and, after due hearings, the Department of Labor issued a warrant directing the deportation of the petitioner on the ground that she was a person who at the time on entry "was likely to become" a public charge (8 U.S.C.A. § 136) and who "within five years after entry" had become a public charge "from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen subsequent to landing" (8 U.S.C.A. § 155). At this hearing evidence was adduced substantiating the following facts.

Petitioner, an alien, has continuously resided in the United States since 1922 except for several short visits to Mexico. Her three minor children are American born. Until his fatal illness in 1931, petitioner's husband supported the family. Since returning from her last visit to Mexico in 1934, petitioner had been receiving $2.25 monthly with grocery orders and some clothes, and her three children had been receiving $10 monthly government support each. Petitioner, with her three children, lived with her mother, her sister, and a nephew. The sister earned $15 weekly. Petitioner had been receiving public support for two years prior to 1934, and had been receiving hospital and clinical governmental aid off and on since 1931. There is evidence indicative of petitioner's poor health.

The trial court made no findings of unfairness or discrimination.

In deportation proceedings "the decision of the Secretary of Labor is final." 8 U.S.C.A. 155.

The findings of the Secretary of Labor are not subject to review in a habeas corpus proceeding if there is any evidence to support them. Costanzo v. Tillinghast, Commissioner of Immigration (1932) 287 U.S. 341, 342, 53 S.Ct. 152, 153, 77 L.Ed. 350.

The power of review in such a proceeding extends only to a determination that the "warrant was...

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  • United States v. Parson
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • January 14, 1938
    ...then the inquiry of fairness will extend to all the proceedings from the beginning to the present time. See cases above, and Ex parte Nunez, 9 Cir., 1937, 93 F.2d 41; Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, 1892, 142 U.S. 651, 12 S.Ct. 336, 35 L.Ed. 1146; United States ex rel. Vajtauer v. Commissi......
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    • U.S. DOJ Board of Immigration Appeals
    • February 28, 1974
    ...being destitute. Ex parte Kichmiriantz, 283 F. 697, N.D.Cal.1922; In re Nunez, 18 F.Supp. 1007, S.D.Cal.1937, reversed on other grounds, 93 F.2d 41. 2. The alien had not yet become a public charge, even though he personally was destitute and his care and support were being paid for by publi......
  • Ex parte Kurth
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • October 2, 1939
    ...with witnesses, and to present testimony and to have counsel. See Branch v. Cahill, 9 Cir. 1937, 88 F.2d 545, 546; Ex parte Nunez, 9 Cir.1937, 93 F. 2d 41; Hays v. Zahariades, 8 Cir.1937, 90 F.2d 3; U. S. ex rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration, 1927, 273 U. S. 103, 47 S.Ct. 302, 71......
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    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 1st Circuit. United States District Courts. 1st Circuit. District of Massachusetts
    • April 17, 1939
    ...substantial evidence upon which the findings can be made. Costanzo v. Tillinghast, 287 U.S. 341, 53 S.Ct. 152, 77 L.Ed. 350; Ex parte Nunez, 9 Cir., 93 F.2d 41; United States ex rel. Gong Sik Ho v. Corsi, 2 Cir., 62 F.2d 785; Jew Hong Sing v. Tillinghast, 1 Cir., 35 F.2d Inasmuch as the pet......
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