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SHOCKLEY v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-113-R.

333 F.Supp. 868 (1971)

Wesley B. SHOCKLEY, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Superintendent Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

November 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Burnett Miller, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This case comes before this court upon a petition for a writ of mandamus filed in forma pauperis by Wesley B. Shockley, a state prisoner. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was then transferred to this court by order dated September 8, 1971.

The pertinent facts are clear and undisputed. On September 13, 1965, Shockley was...

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