Jackson v. Hensley

Full title: LUTHER B. JACKSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. TERRY HENSLEY ET AL.…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Sep 7, 1973

484 F.2d 992 (5th Cir. 1973)

Opinion

No. 73-2084.

September 7, 1973.

Luther B. Jackson, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

It is hereby ordered that the above styled and numbered appeal be dismissed for want of prosecution in view of the appellant's failure to file a brief within the time fixed by the rules.¹ Rule 9(b). See Tidwell v. Dees, 5th Cir. 1972, 464 F.2d 1297.

1 It is appropriate to dispose of this pro se case summarily, pursuant to this Court's Local Rule 9(c)(2), appellant having failed to file a brief within the time fixed by Rule 31, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Kimbrough v. Beto, Director, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F.2d 981.