KEY v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 30718 Summary Calendar.

440 F.2d 988 (1971)

Robert Pierce KEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Key, pro se.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee-respondent.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition of a Florida state prisoner for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

While serving three concurrent ten year sentences for robbery, appellant walked away from a road gang. His explanation was that he was seeking medical treatment for an arm laceration which had required seventy-five stitches and had not healed properly, causing him great pain. He claimed prison authorities...

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