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MILLER v. BLALOCK

Nos. 12019, 12247.

411 F.2d 548 (1969)

Sam MILLER, Appellant, v. J. R. BLALOCK, M.D., Superintendent, Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, Appellee. Sam MILLER, Appellant, v. Joseph R. BLALOCK, M.D., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Grove, Washington, D. C., court-assigned counsel, for appellant.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from orders of the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia denying the petitioner's applications for writs of habeas corpus.

The petitions challenge for a second time the validity of the procedures followed in committing Miller to a mental hospital. In a former opinion, Miller v. Blalock, 4 Cir., 356 F.2d 273, we found that Miller, an accused but unconvicted felon, had "been confined...

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