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NELSON v. SHERIFF OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Civ. A. No. 2787.

335 F.Supp. 673 (1971)

Thomas P. NELSON, Petitioner, v. SHERIFF OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

December 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jerry Beck, Kingsport, Tenn., for petitioner.

William W. Hawkins, Kingsport, Tenn., for Sheriff of Sullivan County.

C. Jackson Rose, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Atty. Gen. and State of Tenn.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The pro se application of the petitioner Mr. Nelson for the federal writ of habeas corpus was granted by this Court, on his claim that the respondent and other officers of the state of Tennessee were abridging or impairing his right to apply to this Court for such writ. See memorandum opinion and order herein of September 10, 1971. Counsel was appointed for the petitioner, as an indigent, the interests of...

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