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DISON v. WHITLEY

No. 92-4939.

20 F.3d 185 (1994)

Roosevelt DISON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John P. WHITLEY, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roosevelt Dison, pro se.

Stephen M. Henry, Michael Henry, Dist. Attys. Office, Natchitoches, LA, for respondent-appellee.

Before REAVLEY and JOLLY, Circuit Judges, and PARKER, District Judge.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The pro se in forma pauperis prisoner in this case filed his notice of appeal after the thirty-day period for filing appeals expired. The district court held that the appeal was untimely. We affirm.

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Roosevelt Dison was convicted of carrying out a contract to kill Charles Rollo, Jr., by shooting Rollo with a shotgun in the driveway of his home in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, at 7:30 a.m. on April 15, 1979...

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