Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 72-1361. Summary Calendar. Attorney(S) Melvin Junior Welch, pro se. Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Roland Daniel Green, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred Walker, Executive Asst. Atty Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee. Judges Griffin Boyette Bell Charles Clark See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. MELVIN JUNIOR WELCH, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. TEXAS BOARD OF PAROLE AND PARDON, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. PER CURIAM: Appellant's petition to the district court in which he sought discharge from a Texas state detainer was dismissed as being frivolous. In the absence of a certificate of probable cause, as is the case here, we are without jurisdiction to entertain his appeal. Hooks v. 4th District Court of Appeal, Fla., 5 Cir., 1971, 442 F.2d 1042; Hines v. Pitcher, 5 Cir., 1961, 440 F.2d 792. Cf. Stewart v. Beto, 5 Cir., 1971, 451 F.2d 185. There has been no application to the district court for a certificate of probable cause despite notice to appellant of the jurisdictional defect. The appeal will therefore be and it is Dismissed.