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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 20164.

321 F.2d 898 (1963)

William H. BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Cates, Jackson, Miss., William H. Brown, Gulfport, Miss., for appellant.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., E. Donald Strange, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing, after a full hearing, a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is being held by the Veterans Administration Center as an incompetent person under authority of two commitment orders of the Chancery Court of Copiah County, Mississippi.

Appellant was committed to the Hospital or Center in 1955 upon the affidavit of his wife and after a hearing1

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