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BRUCE v. WADE

No. 76-1284 Summary Calendar.

537 F.2d 850 (1976)

Robert Vernon BRUCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry WADE, District Attorney, Clarence Jones, Sheriff, Carl Roland, Chief Jailer, Alan Sweatt, Jail Director, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Vernon Bruce, pro se.

John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Henry M. Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Robert Vernon Bruce appeals from the dismissal of his pro se civil rights complaint which alleged prosecutorial harassment and custodial abuses.1 We affirm the dismissal as to defendant prosecutor Henry Wade; however, finding that the allegations with respect to the remaining defendant custodial officials state a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, we must vacate and remand that portion of the decision...

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