Jones v. Henderson

Full title: NORWOOD E. JONES, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. JAMES D. HENDERSON, WARDEN…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jun 6, 1974

495 F.2d 559 (5th Cir. 1974)

Opinion

No. 73-3313. Summary Calendar.^_

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

June 6, 1974.

Norwood E. Jones, pro se.

Gale McKenzie, Anthony Arnold, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for respondents-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Norwood E. Jones, an inmate of the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, appeals an order of the district court denying his mandamus petition against prison authorities for alleged obstruction of his mail.

We vacate and remand with directions to the district court to require appellant to exhaust his administrative remedies in accordance with Bureau of Prisons Policy Statement No. 2001.6, dated February 14, 1974, effective April 1, 1974. See Thompson v. United States Federal Prison Industries, 5 Cir., 1974, 492 F.2d 1082.

Vacated and remanded.