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JOHNSON v. WELLS

No. 77-2699 Summary Calendar.

566 F.2d 1016 (1978)

Albert JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Selma WELLS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Johnson, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Prentice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Albert Johnson, a Texas state prisoner, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the Governor of Texas and various Texas state parole officials had capriciously and arbitrarily denied him parole in the years 1974, 1975 and 1976. He contends that:

(1) At each denial of parole, the Parole Board failed to indicate "why or how a prisoner could better himself to overcome the Board's reasons for the...

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