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NAPIER v. GERTRUDE

No. 75-1799.

542 F.2d 825 (1976)

Valerie Marie NAPIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sister Mary GERTRUDE, Administrator, Vianney Residence (and School) for Girls, Tulsa, and State of Oklahoma, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1976.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Art Fleak, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for petitioner-appellant.

Ross N. Lillard, III, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Okl., and Paul Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before HILL, SETH and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 1977. See 97 S.Ct. 759.

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Valerie Marie Napier, brought this habeas corpus action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging she was being unlawfully held in custody by the State of Oklahoma. Appellant had been adjudicated a "child in need of supervision" by an Oklahoma juvenile court and committed to the custody of the Vianney Residence for Girls for an indefinite period. She contended the statute under...

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