PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing the petition of a Texas convict as being without merit.
Appellant, a prisoner in a Texas penitentiary, was caught acting as a lookout for a poker game among prisoners. As punishment, he was put in solitary confinement on the diet of bread and water for a period of nine (9) days. Appellant seeks mandamus to order the respondent prison authorities to cease and desist from cruel and...
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