United States v. Erickson

428 F.2d 623

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Nelson MINER, Appellant,

v.

Donald R. ERICKSON, as the duly appointed, qualified and acting Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

No. 19977.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

June 5, 1970.

C. L. Anderson, Sioux Falls, S. D., on brief for appellant.

Gordon Mydland, Atty. Gen., Pierre, S. D., and R. James Zieser, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief for appellee.

Before BLACKMUN, GIBSON and LAY, Circuit Judges.

BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

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Nelson Howard Miner, who is an enrolled Cheyenne Indian now 47 years of age and a prisoner in the…