Case Summary

Lee Suey was arrested by an order issued by Immigration Commissioner Henry M. White on the accusation that he was an illegal immigrant from China. Lee Suey petitioned claiming to be a native U.S. citizen born in Oregon, with a father named Lee Long Yuen who is a Chinese merchant. He followed claiming improper trial, illegal conduct, and no due process of law. Writ was dismissed at the behest of the petitioner.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Immigration

Sites of significance

• Immigration House of Detention (Seattle, Washington)

Outcome

Writ dismissed

Fate of bound party

Unknown

Case Citation

RG21 US District Courts, Western District of Washington, Seattle, Records of the Northern Division, Case Files, 1890-1972, No. 5948

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 11 and 20 pages

Repository(s)

• National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington)

State

• Washington

Tag(s)

• Birthright citizenship

People

• Suey, Lee (petitioner)
• Suey, Lee (bound party)
• Kells, Lucas C. (petitioner attorney)
• White, Henry M. (respondent)
• White, Henry M. (authority ordering detention)
• White, Henry M. (responding party)
• Lysons, Fred H. (petitioner attorney)
• Kolmitz, Charlotte M. (respondent attorney)
• Saunders, Robert C. (respondent attorney)
• Neterer, Jeremiah (judge)

• Additional parties

  Yuen, Lee Long (Chinese Merchant, Father of Lee Suey;) Harshberger, F. M. (Clerk;) Leitch, S. E. (Deputy Clerk;) Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal;)