HENZEL v. GERSTEIN

No. 77-2902.

608 F.2d 654 (1979)

Leo HENZEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard GERSTEIN et al., Defendants-Appellees, Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hiram Lesar, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald E. Rosser, Miami, Fla., for Angus M. Stephens, Jr.

Howard T. Jaffe, Hollywood, Fla., Stuart Simon, Dade County Atty., Stephen P. Lee, Asst. County Atty., Miami, Fla., for Gerstein.

Martin S. Friedman, AAG, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civil Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for Mendelow, Barker, Wainwright, Lawson.

Steven R. Berger, Miami, Fla., for Fink.

William J. Flynn, Miami, Fla., for Jepeway & Rutledge.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Leo Henzel filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985 against eighteen defendants, including prosecutors, a judge, prison officials, private citizens and members of the Florida Parole and Probation Commission. He appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of all defendants. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment.

In 1965, Henzel was arrested on an information filed by defendant Gerstein, the State...

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