Olen L. Byrd, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Allan K. Campbell, Chairman United States Civil Service Commission, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-3051. Summary Calendar. [Fn*], 591 F.2d 326 (5th Cir. 1979)

Docket Number: 78-3051

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C. Lynwood Smith, Jr., Huntsville, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. R. Brooks, U.S. Atty., Henry I. Frohsin, Chief Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Frank J. Faraci, Atty., U.S. Army Missile Materiel Readiness Command Redstone Arsenal, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

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

Before COLEMAN, FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This matter is affirmed on the basis of the Memoranda Opinions issued by the District Court on June 2, 1977 and July 12, 1978, appended hereto.

APPENDIX

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

Northeastern Division

OLEN L. BYRD, ) Plaintiff, ) -vs.- ) ) NO. CA 76-P-1321-NE MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE E. TURNMEYER, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

[fn*] Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

[fn1] Initially permission was denied as to witnesses Bate Rainey, Colonel Brandon Parker, Willie Calcote and Luther Adams. After clarification of their proposed testimony, however, these four witnesses were approved along with the earlier approved names of Olen Byrd, Fred Whitman, Kennith Neal, Dr. Crouch, Horace R. Tate, Richard Wright.

[fn2] Thomas Newman, Jessie Carroll, Rose Wiggins, Earl Gilley, Will Hillard.

[fn3] Harry Byrd, Roland Gurin, Thomas Newman, Rose Wiggins, Earl Gilley.

[fn4] George Wiggins.

[fn5] Plaintiff does not deny the attack, but claims no memory of it due to his blacking out. See his testimony, pages 157-58, 168, in the hearing transcript, Part II.

[fn6] Army Civilian Personnel Regulation 700 (change 14) 751.A.

[fn7] The testimony regarding plaintiff's demeanor and disposition just prior to and during the attack appear in the hearing transcript, Part II, at the following pages, with witnesses indicated in parenthesis: page 11, line 14 (Gilreath); page 72, line 14 (Whitman); page 73, line 4 (Whitman); page 85, line 17 (Neal); page 100, line 5 (Sneed); page 139, line 20 (Byrd); page 142, line 7 (Byrd); page 148, line 17 (Byrd); page 157, line 25 (Byrd).