HILL v. McCLELLAN

No. 73-2686 Summary Calendar.

490 F.2d 859 (1974)

John E. HILL, #225682, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Byron L. McCLELLAN, Judge, etc., et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Hill, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Hill, incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that Judge Byron McClellan, Attorney Robert Cummings, and appellant's ex-wife Wilma Hill, conspired to have a default judgment in a divorce, child custody, and property settlement action in a Texas state court entered against him while he was incarcerated and unable to appear in court. He sought damages...

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