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EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-2922.

519 F.2d 1137 (1975)

Paul C. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Sellers, Allen B. Mitchell, Sapulpa, Okl., William H. Kugle, Jr., Athens, Tex., Joe A. Moore, School of Law, Memphis State U., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Roby Hadden, U. S. Atty., C. Houston Abel, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Paul C. Edwards seeks in this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80 (1970), to recover damages from the United States for injuries allegedly received as a result of negligent medical treatment while an inmate of the Federal Correctional Institute at Texarkana, Texas (F.C.I.). Edwards, then fifty-five, entered prison an active man, though afflicted with diabetes mellitus, angina pectoris, exogenous obesity, and...

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