Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1985-07-03

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POLITZ, Circuit Judge: This civil rights complaint by a prisoner inexorably directs our consideration of questions of court administration and the scope of one of the provisions of the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1). Norman R. Spears invoked 42 U.S.C. § 198…

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