TAYLOR v. GIBSON

No. 75-1322.

529 F.2d 709 (1976)

Terry Ray TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. M. (Hoot) GIBSON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Champ Lyons, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

A. Stewart O'Bannon, Jr., Florence, Ala., for Gibson.

Robert E. Parsons, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Robert O. Cox, Florence, Ala., for R. C. Barnes & Dr. S. Roberts.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Taylor, a state prisoner, sought to file a Title 42, U.S.C., Section 1983, civil rights suit for monetary damages, seeking the benefit in this connection of the in forma pauperis (IFP) statute, Title 28, U.S.C., Section 1915.1 The district court, following a somewhat convoluted procedure, dismissed the suit. This Court accepted Taylor's appeal. We find the district court...

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