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ABBOTT v. PETROVSKY

No. 83-1571.

717 F.2d 1191 (1983)

Jack H. ABBOTT, Appellant, v. Joseph S. PETROVSKY, Warden of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Norman Carlson, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Federal Public Defender, W.D. Mo., Gregory K. Johnson, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Robert G. Ulrich, U.S. Atty., Michael A. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, Mo., for appellees; Bill Burlington, Atty. Advisor, U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Mo., of counsel.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Jack H. Abbott filed this lawsuit in an attempt to prevent his transfer from the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, to the federal prison at Marion, Illinois. He also sought to force the government to place him in the federal witness protection program. An extensive hearing was held before a magistrate, who recommended that the complaint be dismissed. The district court

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