BOWMAN v. ESTELLE

No. 74-1703 Summary Calendar.

498 F.2d 1090 (1974)

Olden Ben BOWMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olden Ben Bowman, pro se.

Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this case, the civil rights complaint of the petitioner,1 a state prisoner, which was treated as a petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254,2 was dismissed. The appellant failed to file a timely notice of appeal and no showing of excusable neglect was made. Accordingly, this court is without jurisdiction to hear this appeal, and the appeal...

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