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DIXON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

No. 18352.

404 F.2d 27 (1968)

Richard Lee DIXON, Appellant, v. STATE OF TENNESSEE et al., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lee Dixon, in pro. per.

James C. Dale, III, Special Counsel, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for respondent, George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, of counsel.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Dixon is presently confined in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth under a Dyer Act conviction. An indictment is pending against him in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. Dixon filed this action to compel the District Attorney General of Shelby County either to bring him to trial or to dismiss the charge against him, claiming that he is being deprived of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

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