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McEACHERN v. HENDERSON

No. 73-1867. Summary Calendar.

485 F.2d 694 (1973)

Kenneth Eugene McEACHERN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.D. HENDERSON, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga., et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. McEachern, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Otis Lanter, Commonwealth Atty., Lee Lanter, County Atty., Grant County, Williamstown, Ky., Anthony M. Arnold, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents-appellees.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

The difficulty giving rise to the appeal in this case rests largely in the practice of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia of treating as complaints letters from prisoners confined in the federal maximum security prison in Atlanta. See Freeley v. United States, 5 Cir., 1972, 465 F.2d 1403. This entire case stems from a single handwritten letter from petitioner, a federal prisoner...

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