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PRATER v. U.S. PAROLE COM'N

No. 84-1121.

802 F.2d 948 (1986)

William J. PRATER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION and Thomas Keohane, Warden, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Barrett, Pine Ridge, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

John D. Tinder, U.S. Atty. (Carolyn N. Small, Asst. U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., on brief), Indianapolis, Ind., for respondents-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, WOOD, CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Reargued En Banc June 9, 1986.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

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