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BUTLER v. SMITH

No. 76 Civ. 534.

416 F.Supp. 1151 (1976)

Norman BUTLER, Petitioner, v. Harold J. SMITH, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Butler, pro se.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty., New York County, New York City, by Allen Alpert, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

Petitioner, presently serving a term of life imprisonment at the Attica Correctional Facility for the murder of the Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, seeks his release on a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This application is based on the following claims:

(1) the exclusion of spectators and members of the press from the courtroom...

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