Hershel Hiram McKnight v. C. H. Blanchard, Sheriff of Lubbock County, Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1982-02-08

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TATE, Circuit Judge: We vacate an order indefinitely staying trial of this action, and we remand for further proceedings. The plaintiff McKnight, then a prisoner in the Lubbock County Jail, filed suit against the sheriff, district attorney and jail, praying for damages, injunctive relief, and a transfer to a…

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