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HUGHES v. TARRANT COUNTY TEX.

No. 91-1219 Summary Calendar.

948 F.2d 918 (1991)

Thomas P. HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS, et al., Hon. Roy English, Dionne Bagsby, Bob Hampton, J.D. Johnson, O.L. Watson, Tim Curry, Ray Rike, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Thompson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Tim Curry, Crim. Dist. Atty., Ft. Worth, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Grey Pierson, Pierson & Ray, Arlington, Tex., D. Nicholas Acuff, D. Nicholas Acuff & Assoc., Ft. Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In Texas state court, contempt proceedings were brought against the appellee, a Texas state court district court clerk, for his failure to comply with the state court's order to resume a particular office practice relating to notification of attorneys. The clerk requested the county commissioners to pay for the attorney's fees he incurred as a result of the contempt proceedings. His request was denied. He then filed a claim in state...

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