MORENO v. HENCKEL

No. 28644.

431 F.2d 1299 (1970)

Gilbert MORENO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald C. HENCKEL, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete Tijerina, Mario G. Obledo, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant; Alan Exelrod and James Dean Allen, San Antonio, Tex., on the brief.

Earle Cobb, Jr., Crawford Reeder, San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Gilbert Moreno, brings this action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, now codified as 42 U.S.C. § 1983,1 for injunctive relief, a declaratory judgment, and damages arising from deprivation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343.2 The district court not only abstained, but dismissed the complaint on the ground...

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