DRUMMOND v. BUNKER

No. 77-1622. Summary Calendar.

560 F.2d 625 (1977)

William R. DRUMMOND, Plaintiff-Appellant, Jesse A. Helms, James A. McClure, Strom Thurmond, Daniel J. Flood, Lawrence P. McDonald, M. Gene Snyder, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Ellsworth BUNKER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Leonard, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., Balboa, Canal Zone, Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Steven I. Frank, Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

William R. Drummond, a citizen of the Canal Zone, appeals from the Canal Zone district court's order quashing service of process by mail on Government officials not personally present in the Canal Zone. Holding that Title 3, § 279 of the Canal Zone Code does not authorize the district court for the Canal Zone to issue extraterritorial service in an in personam action, we affirm.

Drummond seeks to enjoin the President of the United States...

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