SHAW v. BETO

Civ. A. No. 70-H-745.

318 F.Supp. 1215 (1970)

Thomas W. SHAW, Petitioner, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Shaw, pro se.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers and Robert Darden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

Petitioner, a prisoner incarcerated by the State of Texas pursuant to his conviction for murder with malice aforethought, has petitioned this Court to issue an injunction altering the conditions of his confinement. Shaw does not allege that the state conviction was constitutionally improper. The state has answered and has moved to dismiss, contending that petitioner failed to state a constitutional cause of action...

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