KELSEY v. STATE OF MINN. EX REL. WOOD

No. 77-1105.

554 F.2d 895 (1977)

Dwight W. KELSEY, Appellant, v. STATE OF MINNESOTA ex rel. Frank WOOD, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight W. Kelsey, pro se.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gary Hansen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., on brief, for appellee.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of Dwight W. Kelsey's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Kelsey, an inmate in the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater, alleges that the penitentiary officials have refused to allow him access to his base file. He claims he needs that file to adequately prepare for his parole hearing to challenge any adverse information in those files on which the parole board might rely. A prisoner's base file is composed of all...

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