Case Name: Robert Lee CANNON, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1954-12-02
Citations: 217 F.2d 309
Docket Number: No. 15220
Parties: Robert Lee CANNON, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 217
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
Robert Lee CANNON, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee.
No. 15220.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 2, 1954.
Robert Lee Cannon, pro se.
Willis E. Gresham, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., J. Fred Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BORAH, RIVES, and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner below, appellant here, a prisoner in custody under a state court sentence, sought habeas corpus relief therefrom. The district judge denied the petition and also refused to issue a certificate of probable cause, and the appellee, through the Attorney General of the State of Texas, has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that, in the absence of a certificate of probable cause as required by Section 2253, Title 28 U.S.C.A., this Court is without jurisdiction to. entertain the appeal. This being so, and. neither the Court nor any member thereof finding any basis in the record for the issuance of such certificate, the motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed.
. Harris v. Ellis, 5 Cir., 204 F.2d 685.