This is a civil action begun informally by petitioner Lyman Threatt in the form of a seven page letter dated July 30, 1963, addressed to the "Presiding Judge, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina." Although it is not clear from a careful reading of the letter exactly what relief is sought by petitioner, it is styled a petition for a writ of mandamus. Since the petitioner...
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