JONES v. RIGGSBY

No. 73-1180. Summary Calendar

475 F.2d 760 (1973)

Ottis Mayo JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. D. RIGGSBY, Associate Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga. Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottis Mayo Jones, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Beverly B. Bates, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant is a federal prisoner who has complained, inter alia, that prison officials in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta have prevented his free exercise of religion in connection with a group which he founded, styled the Equity Counselling Services, also known as the Church of Equity.

The district court denied relief relative to this claim; but deferred ruling on certain other claims set out in the appellant's complaint. The court...

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