RYAN v. SCOGGIN

No. 5531.

245 F.2d 54 (1957)

Horton E. RYAN, individually and as next friend of Shana Ryan, Appellant, v. W. T. SCOGGIN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

May 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Brewster and Doyle H. Gaither, El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

E. Forrest Sanders, Las Cruces, N. M. (Edwin Mechem, Santa Fe, N. M., J. B. Newell, and Garland, Sanders & Martin, Las Cruces, N. M., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRATTON, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Chief Judge.

Relying upon the pertinent part of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, Horton E. Ryan, individually and as next friend of his minor daughter, Shana Ryan, instituted this action in the United States Court for New Mexico against W. T. Scoggin, the duly elected, qualified, and acting District Judge of the Third Judicial District of New Mexico, to recover damages for asserted violation of the civil...

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