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BROWN v. DUGGER

No. 71-3440. Summary Calendar.

456 F.2d 1260 (1972)

Melvyn Monroe BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. L. E. DUGGER, Superintendent, Florida State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Monroe Brown, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Michael M. Corin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Melvyn Monroe Brown, a Florida State prisoner, filed a pleading which the District Court construed as a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Appellant alleged that his parents had ordered certain "documents of law" from the Government Printing Office in Washington, D. C. on his behalf, claiming that when the documents were received at the Florida State Prison, he was informed by an official that he could not give the documents to him and...

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