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PORRETTO v. STALDER

No. 87-3107.

834 F.2d 461 (1987)

Jan J. PORRETTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard STALDER, Warden, Wade Correctional Center, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Whalen, Jr., Oestreicher, Whalen & Hackett, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John J. Molaison, Jr., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals, Gretna, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges:

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Jan Porretto, a state prisoner convicted of second degree murder and aggravated battery, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We AFFIRM.

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