DILLARD v. BLACKBURN

No. 85-4166. Summary Calendar.

780 F.2d 509 (1986)

Billy R. DILLARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank BLACKBURN, Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy R. Dillard, pro se.

James D. Caldwell, Dist. Atty., Tallulah, La., George F. Fox, Jr., Lake Providence, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Billy Dillard appeals the district court's dismissal of his pro se habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts as grounds for reversal the same two issues he presented to the district court in his habeas application. First, he claims that the state denied him equal protection of the law by systematically using its peremptory challenges to exclude all blacks from the jury. Second, he claims that the state denied him...

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