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JACKSON v. WALKER

No. 77-2278.

585 F.2d 139 (1978)

Harriet Marie JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor G. WALKER, Warden, Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., Vidalia, La., for defendant-appellant.

Ronald J. Rakosky, Gregory Pechukas, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COWEN, Senior Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the government from the district court's ruling granting the appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

I.

On July 16, 1973, two men, armed and wearing disguises, entered the home of the Magee family in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. They tied up Mrs. Magee, took money and weapons from her purse, and then seized her 10-month-old daughter. The men attempted...

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