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CELESTINE v. BUTLER

No. 87-4536.

823 F.2d 74 (1987)

Willie Lawrence CELESTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard C. Farmer, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Lafayette, La., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, WILLIAMS and JOLLY, Circuit Judges:

ON APPLICATION FOR A STAY OF EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL AND FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROBABLE CAUSE

PER CURIAM:

Willie Lawrence Celestine is under sentence of death and scheduled to be executed on July 20, 1987, by the State of Louisiana. He petitions the right to appeal in forma pauperis, for a certificate of probable cause to appeal, and for a stay of execution. The district court on July 16 denied the stay and the certificate and also denied the petition for...

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