Wheeler v. United States

Full title: Carl WHEELER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Oct 22, 1969

416 F.2d 1257 (9th Cir. 1969)

Opinion

No. 22979.

October 22, 1969.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California; Fred Kunzel, Judge.

Allen J. Kent (argued), of Carroll Anderson, Indio, Cal., for appellant.

Ralph A. Fine (argued), Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE,^_ District Judge.

_ Honorable William M. Byrne, United States District Judge, Central District of California, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

The judgment appealed from is affirmed on the authority of Feres v. United States, 1950, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 and United States v. Lee, 9 Cir., 1968, 400 F.2d 558, cert. denied, 393 U.S. 1053, 89 S.Ct. 691, 21 L.Ed.2d 695.