PRESTON v. MAGGIO

No. 84-3012.

741 F.2d 99 (1984)

Hillery PRESTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard H. Schreiber, Sr., Asst. Federal Public Defender (court-appointed), New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Susan Scott Hunt, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges, and BELEW, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Hillery Preston appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We are asked to decide whether a policy adopted by the jury commissioner of Orleans Parish — that process servers would not be required to serve potential jurors within New Orleans' Desire Housing Project because the city could not assure their safety — so impaired the composition...

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