Eddie David Cox v. Federal Bureau of Prisons and United States of America

The appellant, Eddie David Cox, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri denying his petition for writ of mandamus and writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the order of the district court.

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On May 2, 1969, Cox was convicted in a Kansas state court of felonious possession of a handgun and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He served ten months of this sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary before being released on bond in March, 1970, pending resolution of a collateral attack on his state conviction. 1 While free on appeal bond, Cox was…