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THOMPSON v. SMITH

No. 83-1170.

719 F.2d 938 (1983)

Bennie R. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. William French SMITH, Attorney General for the United States and Joseph Petrovsky, Warden of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Ulrich, U.S. Atty., Michael A. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, Mo., for appellees.

Michael A. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, Mo., for appellees.

Bennie R. Thompson, pro se.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Bennie R. Thompson appeals the district court's1 refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We affirm.

In July 1980 Bennie Thompson was convicted of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He received a fifteen year sentence on August 20, after which he was sent to the Federal Correction Institution at...

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