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BAXTER v. ESTELLE

No. 78-2107.

614 F.2d 1030 (1980)

Jerry Dwayne BAXTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen K. Brown, Asst. Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Douglas M. Becker, J. E. Seymour, P. E. George, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JONES, CHARLES CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Jerry Dwayne Baxter filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release from the Texas Department of Corrections, where he is serving concurrent sentences for burglary and theft. He challenges the constitutionality of his custody on several grounds. He asserts that the prison's disciplinary procedures, which resulted in the loss of good-time credit, violated his constitutional rights. He further contends that both his...

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