WATSON v. BRISCOE

No. 74-3488 Summary Calendar.

554 F.2d 650 (1977)

Delmar Lee WATSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dolph BRISCOE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delmar Lee Watson, pro se.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Larry F. York, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Tex., Joe B. Dibrell, Jack Boone, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Here, a prisoner plaintiff appeals the district court's dismissal of his § 1983 complaint on the ground that the claims essentially constituted habeas corpus claims and therefore needed to pass through state remedial machinery before entering federal court. We agree with the district court as to most of the claims, but remand those claims for a determination of whether dismissal or stay of proceedings presents the preferable course of action. As to...

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