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PAYTON v. VANCE

Civ. A. No. 72-H-1091.

347 F.Supp. 594 (1972)

Melvin Alexander PAYTON, Petitioner, v. Carol S. VANCE, District Attorney, Harris County, Houston, Texas, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Alexander Payton, pro se.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Joe Moss, Houston, Tex., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION:

SEALS, District Judge.

The Petitioner has filed this action seeking a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S. C. § 2254, and an injunction against the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, restraining him from efforts to commute the sentences of state prisoners from "death" to "life imprisonment," 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Petitioner, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections under a death sentence,...

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