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GUERRERO v. HAUCK

No. 73-3971. Summary Calendar.

502 F.2d 579 (1974)

Martin GUERRERO, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W. B. HAUCK, Individually and as the Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Guerrero, Jr., pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Norris W. Yates, Jr., Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Martin Guerrero, the plaintiff-appellant, brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking compensatory and exemplary damages against W. B. Hauck, sheriff of Bexar County, Texas. He contended that Hauck had wrongfully placed him in solitary confinement while he was a prisoner in the Bexar County Jail. The district court, citing a number of decisions of other circuits and of the district courts in this circuit, held that merely...

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