WELCH v. TEXAS BOARD OF PAROLE AND PARDON

No. 72-1361 Summary Calendar.

460 F.2d 298 (1972)

Melvin Junior WELCH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. TEXAS BOARD OF PAROLE AND PARDON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Junior Welch, pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Roland Daniel Green, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant's petition to the district court in which he sought discharge from a Texas state detainer was dismissed as being frivolous.

In the absence of a certificate of probable cause, as is the case here, we are without jurisdiction to entertain his appeal. Hooks v. 4th District Court of Appeal, Fla., 5 Cir., 1971, 442 F.2d 1042; Hines v. Pitcher, 5 Cir., 1961, 440 F.2d 792. Cf...

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