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WATSON v. McCOTTER

No. 84-1675.

782 F.2d 143 (1986)

Michael C. WATSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colonel O.L. McCOTTER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Rosenberg of Meyer, Faller & Weisman, Washington, D.C. (Terence A. Lober of Crow and Lober, Leavenworth, Kan., with him on brief), for petitioner-appellant.

Alleen S. Castellani, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Benjamin L. Burgess, Jr., U.S. Atty., with her on brief), Dist. of Kan., Topeka, Kan., for respondent-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, LOGAN, Circuit Judge, and WINDER, District Judge.

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the district court's summary dismissal of petitioner Michael C. Watson's application for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Watson currently is serving a ten-year court-martial sentence for rape and forcible sodomy, violations of Articles 120 and 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920, 925.

The district court dismissed the petition, without issuing an order to...

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