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Bruce E. Miller v. Henry Wade and His Agents

Bruce E. MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry WADE and His Agents Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

Miller v. Wade, 420 F.2d 489 (5th Cir. 1969)
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Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · U.S. Courts of Appeals
Decided
December 18, 1969
Docket
No. 27249
Judges
Gewin, Goldberg, Dyer
Citations
420 F.2d 4891969 U.S. App. LEXIS 9639

Opinion — Per Curiam

PER CURIAM:

Bruce E. Miller appeals to this court from a denial of his removal petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443 . It appears that appellant is presently incarcerated in the Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, awaiting trial for automobile theft. He alleges numerous constitutional deprivations in support of this removal petition, including an unreasonable search and seizure and an excessively long period of detention awaiting trial. We find, however, no suggestion, implicit or explicit, that Miller’s civil rights in terms of racial equality were threat *490 ened, invaded or jeopardized. Therefore, since no conceivable stretch of section 1443 embraces his case, we affirm.

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As the Supreme Court made explicitly clear in City of Greenwood, Miss. v. Peacock, 1966, 384 U.S. 808 , 86 S.Ct. 1800 , 16 L.Ed.2d 944 , and Georgia v. Rachel, 1966, 384 U.S. 780 , 86 S.Ct. 1783 , 16 L.Ed.2d 925 , section 1443 does not make the federal courts the sole keepers of the constitutional conscience. The statute does not authorize removal to protect the broad guarantees of the constitution. In Rachel the Court construed section 1443 to authorize removal only to protect “specific civil rights stated in terms of racial equality.” 384 U.S. at 792, 86 S.Ct. at 1790. Since the appellant has failed to allege any racial inequality, the twin hinges of Peacock and Rachel firmly close the door to removal.

Affirmed.

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. Pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of this Court, we have concluded on the merits that this case is of such character as not to justify oral argument and have directed the clerk to place the case on the Summary Calendar to notify the parties in writing. See Murphy v. Houma Well Service, 5 Cir. 1969, 409 F.2d 804 , Part I; and Huth v. Southern Pacific Company, 5 Cir. 1969, 417 F.2d 526 , Part I.

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1970: 11972: 21973: 21975: 11976: 119702026peak 1972 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Bryan v. Brown339 So. 2d 577 (Ala. 1976)
  2. Bar Association of Baltimore City v. Posner391 F. Supp. 76 (D. Maryland 1975)
  3. Reverend John M. Perkins v. State of Mississippi455 F.2d 7 (5th Cir. 1972)
  4. State of New Mexico v. Gene J. Torres461 F.2d 342 (10th Cir. 1972)
  5. Ronald L. Naugle v. State of Oklahoma429 F.2d 1268 (10th Cir. 1970)
  6. Tennessee ex rel. Fisher v. C. C. Manifest of Tennessee, Inc.362 F. Supp. 759 (E.D. Tenn. 1973)

Most recent

  1. Bryan v. Brown339 So. 2d 577 (Ala. 1976)
  2. Bar Association of Baltimore City v. Posner391 F. Supp. 76 (D. Maryland 1975)
  3. Tennessee ex rel. Fisher v. C. C. Manifest of Tennessee, Inc.362 F. Supp. 759 (E.D. Tenn. 1973)
  4. Oklahoma ex rel. Field v. Hess362 F. Supp. 1114 (W.D. Okla. 1973)
  5. State of New Mexico v. Gene J. Torres461 F.2d 342 (10th Cir. 1972)
  6. Reverend John M. Perkins v. State of Mississippi455 F.2d 7 (5th Cir. 1972)

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Authorities cited 4

DepthCaseCited by
City of Greenwood v. Peacock, 384 U.S. 808 (1966) 899
Georgia v. Rachel, 384 U.S. 780 (1966) 766
Murphy v. Houma Well Serv., & Eva C. Fontenot, 409 F.2d 804 (5th Cir. 1969) 443
Huth v. Southern Pac. Co., 417 F.2d 526 (5th Cir. 1969) 281

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