United States of America Ex Rel. Wong Shong Kwong, Relator-appellant, v. P. A. Esperdy, As District Director of the Immigration Service for the District of New York, or Such Person, if Any, Who May Have the Said Wong Shong Kwong in Custody, Respondent-appellee, 299 F.2d 938 (2d Cir. 1962)

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US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 299 F.2d 938 (2d Cir. 1962) Argued March 7, 1962
Decided March 7, 1962

Appeal from order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Dudley B. Bonsal, Judge, dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus requiring release of the alien on bail pending deportation.

Abraham Lebenkoff, New York City (Jules E. Coven, New York City on the brief), for relator-appellant.

Roy Babitt, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and KAUFMAN and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.


We affirm in open court the order of the district court dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellant's release on bail.

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