Case Summary

Alberto Sichofsky was found to feloniously and knowingly enter and attempt to the United States from a foreign country, in this case, the Republic of Mexico. Sichofsky came to the Republic of Mexico from Poland, where he was a male citizen of the age of sixteen years and over. Sichofsky was then imprisoned at McNeil Island prison, from which he petitioned for a writ of Habeas Corpus on the basis that he had completed his sentence of three years after credit for good conduct and therefore was being unlawfully deprived of his liberty. Judge Neterer found that Sichofsy was indeed unlawfully detained and ordered for his release from McNeil prison.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Attempting to enter the united states from a foreign country without a passport

Sites of significance

• McNeil Island Penitentiary (Steilacoom, Washington)

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

RG 21 U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington Civil, Criminal, Admiralty, and Bankruptcy Case Files, 1890-1950, No. 0555

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 41 and 50 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

Point(s) of law cited

Section 31 of Executive Order dated August 8, 1918 pursuant to anAct of Congress approved May 22, 1916, entitled: "An Act to prevent, in time of war, departure from and entry into the United States, contrary to public safety"

People

• Sichofsky, Albert (Abraham or Abram Sichofsky, Max Fimen, Carlos Nunn) (bound party)
• Bell, William R. (petitioner attorney)
• Bell, William R. (petitioner)
• Archer, Finch R. (responding party)
• Neterer, Jeremiah (judge)
• Metzenbaum, Walter (petitioner attorney)
• Revelle, Thomas P. (respondent attorney)
• Emory, De Wolfe (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  W. Wallen (notary public)

  Harshberger, F. M. (clerk)

  Bludsoe, Benjamin F. (judge in CA)

  Parry, Thomas W. (notary public)

  Williams, Charles N. (district court)

  Walton, C. T. (U.S. Marshal)

  Blakely, A. H. (deputy)

  Hansen, B. H. (deputy)

  Dyke, Douglas Van (deputy clerk)

  Woolworth, Marshall B. (clerk)

  Sullivan, J. J.

  O'Connor, Robert (U.S. attorney)

  Lawson, Gordon (Assistant U.S. attorney)

  Chandler, Leo S. (foreman)

  Zimmerman, R. S. (deputy clerk)

  Trippet, Oscar A. (district judge)

  Cassell, Harrison (esquire)

  Green, T. F. (assistant U.S. attorney)

  Visel, Stanley (esquire)

  Woolwine, Thomas Lee (district attorney)

  Cott, A. H. Van (deputy district attorney)

  Arodson, L. L. (deputy clerk)