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BUIE v. PIGOTT

No. 71-1337.

439 F.2d 153 (1971)

Robert E. BUIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe PIGOTT, District Attorney for Fourteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi, and Robert Reeves, County Attorney for Pike County, Mississippi, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin B. Bishop, Pat H. Scanlon, Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

Joe Pigott, Dist. Atty., McComb, Miss., Robert Reeves, County Atty., Pike County, Magnolia, Miss., A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

The appellant brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, praying for temporary and permanent injunctive relief against alleged multiple prosecutions in the state courts of Mississippi which he claims are carried on in bad faith and without hope of ultimate success and in retaliation for a civil action brought by him for damages for alleged abuse of criminal process.

On February 24, 1971, the District...

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