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PELTIER v. BOOKER

No. 02-3384.

348 F.3d 888 (2003)

Leonard PELTIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph W. BOOKER, Jr., Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl S. Nadler, of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, LLP, Washington, DC and Barry A. Bachrach, of Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Worcester, MA (Ramsey Clark and Lawrence W. Schilling, New York, NY, and B. Kay Huff, Lawrence, KS, with them on the briefs), appearing for Petitioner-Appellant.

Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney (Nancy Landis Caplinger, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with him on the brief), Topeka, KS, appearing for Respondent-Appellee.

Before SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, ANDERSON and BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Leonard Peltier is housed at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. He is serving consecutive life sentences for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, he filed a petition for habeas corpus, seeking immediate release on parole. The district court denied relief and we affirm.

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