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KNIGHT v. HENDERSON

No. 73-1963. Summary Calendar.

500 F.2d 389 (1974)

Henry W. KNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. D. HENDERSON, Warden, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Knight, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U.S. Atty., Anthony M. Arnold, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before BELL, SIMPSON and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This mandamus styled proceeding against the warden of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary consists of three letters from appellant to the district court. Cf. McEachern v. Henderson, Warden, 5 Cir., 1974, 485 F.2d 694, on the problem posed in substituting letters for pleadings. The court ordered the letters filed in forma pauperis as a petition for mandamus and dismissed for failure to exhaust prison remedies. See...

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