Case Summary

Sometime in the middle of 1924, Mary Peterson was detained by Seattle Immigration Agents. On December 9th, 1924, Peterson was ordered to be deported because she was "a person liable to become a public charge." Peterson then filed a writ of habeas corpus on December 16th for herself and three other immigrants that were ordered to be deported, J. A. Peterson (no relation to Mary Peterson), Frank Berry, and Margaret Berry. On January 9th, 1925, Judge Cushman granted the writ and ordered the release of Mary Peterson, J. A. Peterson, and the Berrys.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Institutional

Petition subtype(s)

• Immigration

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. 4683

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 51 and 75 pages

Repository(s)

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

State

• Washington

Point(s) of law cited

Sec. 4289§b and Sec. 4289§jj of the Compiled Statutes of Washington Act of September 22nd 1922, 4358b Comp. Stat., Sup. 1923 Stat. at Large, 1022 165 Fed. 980-983 Ex Part Suzanna, 295 Fed. 713 Ex Parte Moola Singh, et al., 207 Fed. 780 Ex Parte Horn, 292 Fed. 455 Chin Hoy vs. U. S. 293 Fed. 750 Due Process Law Clause of the 5th Amendment U. S. vs. Todd, 285 Fed. 523

People

• Voligny, Alfred (respondent)
• Voligny, Alfred (holding party)
• Peterson, Mary (Mary Kresovich) (petitioner)
• Peterson, Mary (Mary Kresovich) (bound party)
• Cushman, Edward E. (judge)
• Heinly, W. G. (petitioner attorney)
• Gordon, M. J. (petitioner attorney)
• Weedin, Luther (respondent)
• Weedin, Luther (holding party)
• Peterson, John A. (bound party)
• Berry, Frank (bound party)
• Berry, Margaret (bound party)
• Revelle, Thomas P. (respondent attorney)
• Mount, W. W. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Voligny, A. (Immigration Service Agent)

  Lakin, Edward M. (clerk)

  Kresovich, Joseph (formal husband of Mary Peterson)

  Clifford, M. L. (Judge in divorce case)

  Libby, J. F. (clerk)

  S., J. (deputy)

  Carker, Stella (deputy clerk)

  Peterson, John (husband to Mary Peterson)

  Johnson, Ludwig (witness in naturalization case)

  Bergen, Andrew (witness in naturalization case)

  Hanford, C. H. (Judge in naturalization case)

  Aynes, A. Reeves (clerk)

  Romik, Matt B. (witness)

  Harshbarger, F. M. (clerk)

  Bever, E. B. (U. S. Marshal)

  McDonald, A. B. (deputy)

  Berry, E. B. (U. S. Marshal)

  Boyle, L. D. (deputy)

  Kresevich, Mary (daughter of Mary Peterson and Joseph Kresevich)

  Kresevich, Frank (son of Mary Peterson and Joseph Kresevich)

  Lowell (judge in another case)

  Neterer, Jeremiah (judge in another case)

  Higgins, Alice (deputy clerk)

  Redwayne, E. (deputy);