EDWARDS v. JOYNER

No. 77-2723 Summary Calendar.

566 F.2d 960 (1978)

Paul D. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Phil H. JOYNER, Investigator, DeKalb County Police Dept., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Edwards, pro se.

A. Ed Lane, Jr., Decatur, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Paul D. Edwards, a Georgia state prisoner, brought a pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendant, a police official, had given false testimony at Edwards' murder trial. The district court dismissed the action on March 25, 1977, on the ground that Edwards had failed to show that he had exhausted state remedies.

Notice of appeal was filed on July 11, 1977, well outside the thirty day period specified by...

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