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WILSON v. ZARHADNICK

No. 76-1071 Summary Calendar.

534 F.2d 55 (1976)

Melvin WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert ZARHADNICK, Superintendent, Colony Farm Prison Branch, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., B. Dean Grindle, Jr., G. Thomas Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard L. Chambers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Melvin Wilson, pro se.

Before COLEMAN, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

In a prisoner suit, the District Court granted certain injunctive relief, hereinafter described. We reverse.

Facts

This case began when Melvin Wilson, a Georgia state prisoner, wrote a letter to the United States District Judge, complaining that Robert Zarhadnick, the superintendent of the prison farm at which Wilson was confined, refused to let him have "my legal materials". The letter requested an injunction prohibiting...

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