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O'BRIEN v. BLACKWELL

No. 28269 Summary Calendar.

421 F.2d 844 (1970)

James Joseph O'BRIEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Olin G. BLACKWELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Joseph O'Brien, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Charles B. Lewis, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

O'Brien appeals from an order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of mandamus to require prison officials to place in the mail his letters to an alleged minister not on O'Brien's approved mailing list. We affirm.1

O'Brien is a federal prisoner. In its initial order, and again on O'Brien's motion to reconsider, the District Court held that the complaint was insufficient to state a claim for violation...

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