LONG v. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES OF TEXAS

No. 83-1511 Summary Calendar.

725 F.2d 306 (1984)

William G. LONG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. G. Long, pro se.

Steven A. Gibbins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, GARWOOD, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

For purposes of this appeal, the salient facts are these:

Long, a Texas state prisoner, initially on July 14, 1981 filed a petition for federal habeas relief, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For reasons immaterial to the present appellate issue (the reasons had to do with facilitating state exhaustion and expediting ultimate federal habeas disposition), Long signed a joint stipulation with the state dismissing his habeas petition without prejudice...

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