U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1971

Adrianus Jacobus Van Dijk v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Adrianus Jacobus Van Dijk v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 5, 1971 · Chambers, Trask, Frey
440 F.2d 798; 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 11524 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Adrianus Jacobus Van Dijk v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The order for deportation is affirmed.

We reject the contentions that this court should wait on some state court proceedings, that the deportation statute is unconstitutional, that petitioner should have had appointed counsel in the administrative proceedings, and that the result is cruel and unusual.

The narcotics offense to which Van Dijk pleaded guilty was rather petty: sale of a marijuana cigaret. But Congress had a right to make the offense a ground to deport an alien.

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