Edwards v. Intendancy of U.S. Penitentiary

Full title: ELMER STERLING EDWARDS ET AL., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. INTENDANCY OF…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Nov 19, 1971

450 F.2d 335 (5th Cir. 1971)

Opinion

No. 71-2307. Summary Calendar.^_

_ Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

November 19, 1971.

Elmer S. Edwards (pro se).

Julius O. French (pro se).

George W. Henning (pro se).

John W. Stokes, Jr., U.S. Atty., Richard H. Still, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Newell Edenfield, District Judge.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed. See Local Rule 21.¹ See Sturgis v. United States, 5th Cir. 1969, 419 F.2d 390; Smith v. Blackwell, 5th Cir. 1966, 367 F.2d 539.²

1 See NLRB v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 5 Cir. 1970, 430 F.2d 966.

2 Petitioner contends that the operation of 18 U.S.C. § 4205 deprives him of equal protection of the laws in violation of the fifth amendment. Petitioner failed to raise this point in the court below, and we, therefore, express no opinion on it.