Robert Lee Welch, Petitioner-appellant, v. Cecil H. Prickett, Warden of the Birmingham City Jail, Etal., Respondents-appellees, 460 F.2d 1261 (5th Cir. 1972)

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 460 F.2d 1261 (5th Cir. 1972) May 31, 1972

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; Seybourn H. Lynne, Chief Judge.

Robert R. Bryan, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Earl McBee, City Atty., J. M. Breckenridge, W. C. Walker, Larry H. Warren, Birmingham, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:


Upon examination of the record and briefs in this appeal, we vacate the judgment of the District Court and remand the case with directions that Welch's complaint be dismissed as moot.

Vacated and remanded with directions to dismiss the complaint.

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

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