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In Re: Pio Neria vs. Commissioner Of Immigration

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, PIO NERIA, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-24800 | 1968-05-27

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This proceeding for habeas corpus (sp. proc. 60733) by Pio Neria seeks to inquire into the legality of his arrest on April 23, 1965 by agents of the respondent Commissioner of Immigration, and his subsequent detention or confinement at the Bureau of Immigration's detention station at Engineering Island, Manila. 1 

The petitioner claims that the warrant of exclusion issued by the respondent is illegal because it is based on a decision rendered by the Board of Immigration Commissioners without or in excess of its jurisdiction, or with grave abuse of discretion, in violation of Section 27 (b), Comm....