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SULLENS v. CARROLL

No. 71-1133 Summary Calendar.

446 F.2d 1392 (1971)

Benton C. SULLENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bryant S. CARROLL, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton C. Sullens, pro se.

Marion R. Shepard, Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Benton C. Sullens has appealed from the district court's grant of a summary judgment to members of a law firm whom he sued for malpractice. The cause of action was based on Attorney Bryant S. Carroll, Jr.'s representation of the appellant as his court-appointed counsel in a federal criminal case. See Sullens v. United States, 5th Cir. 1969, 409 F.2d 545.

Federal jurisdiction was predicated on diversity of citizenship...

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