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HOOKS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 72-1119.

457 F.2d 502 (1972)

Harold Raymond HOOKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Raymond Hooks, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner instituted the present § 1983 suit seeking to have the Florida prison law library facilities upgraded, or in the alternative, to have the State provide counsel to assist prisoners in their legal endeavors.1 Recognizing that the Supreme Court then had pending before it the case of Younger v. Gilmore,2 which was expected to answer the identical question posed by this case, namely,...

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