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COTTON v. HUTTO

Nos. 77-1813, 77-1851 and 77-1900.

577 F.2d 453 (1978)

Seymour F. COTTON, Jr., Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour X. Cotton, Jr., pro se.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., and Joyce W. Warren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., on brief, for appellees.

Before LAY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Seymour F. Cotton, Jr., appeals from three orders of the district court denying relief on his claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.

Cotton is a state prisoner currently incarcerated in the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections pursuant to a 1973 conviction for armed robbery. The three § 1983 petitions at issue here were filed in 1973 and 1974. The processing of these cases was held in abeyance pending...

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