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BROGDON v. BUTLER

No. 86-4743.

838 F.2d 776 (1988)

Ronald BROGDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Brogdon, pro se.

William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Dist. Atty., Leesville, La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before CAROLYN DINEEN KING and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and FELDMAN, District Judge.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Pro se appellant Ronald Brogdon challenges the district court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

I.

In the early morning of October 12, 1980, Ronald Brogdon and some friends joined a beach party at a lake in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. A brawl developed between a group of local youths and some soldiers from a nearby Army base. A soldier named L'Antigua died from stab wounds.

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