CAMPBELL v. COUSINS

No. 74-3459.

524 F.2d 925 (1975)

Leavy CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert M. COUSINS, Warden, Ellis Unit, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Harvin, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed, not under act), for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Calvin Botley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Campbell, a Texas prisoner, sued his warden for damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, alleging that he was unlawfully beaten by prison guards, and that he was sentenced to solitary confinement, loss of good time and reduction in class without a fair hearing. After a trial with court-appointed counsel for the plaintiff prisoner, the district court rendered findings of fact and conclusions of law to the effect that first...

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