Felix Stroud Hammontree v. C. Paul Phelps, Director, Louisiana Department of Corrections, Respondent

605 F.2d 1371

Felix Stroud HAMMONTREE, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

C. Paul PHELPS, Director, Louisiana Department of

Corrections, Respondent- Appellant.

No. 79-1307.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fifth Circuit.

Nov. 7, 1979.

Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., Leonard Knapp, Jr., Dist. Atty., 14th Judicial Dist., Lake Charles, La., for respondent-appellant.

D. Michael Mooney, Lake Charles, La., for petitioner-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Before WISDOM, HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

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