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THOMPSON v. WHITE

No. 26696.

406 F.2d 1176 (1969)

Melvin THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wingate WHITE, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Piper, Baton Rouge, La., Malcolm G. Mundy, Jr., New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

George A. Bourgeois, Jack E. Yelverton, Anthony J. Bonfanti, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a denial of habeas relief involves the validity of a search and seizure of narcotics in a hotel room in New Orleans. On the basis of the briefs and record, we have concluded that the case is appropriate for summary disposition without oral argument. Pursuant to new Rule 18 of the Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Clerk of this Court has been directed to put the case on the summary calendar...

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