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SHELTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 15481.

223 F.2d 249 (1955)

Jay Paul SHELTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Paul Shelton, Atlanta, Ga., in pro. per.

Prim B. Smith, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jack C. Benjamin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., George R. Blue U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Brought by appellant who is presently confined in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, under a sentence of imprisonment imposed upon him in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, this is an attempted appeal from an order entered in the sentencing court on Dec. 21, 1954. This order, reciting:

"On October 22, 1952, defendant filed a pleading styled `Election Not to Serve Sentence', which pleading was...

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