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CRUZ v. HAUCK

No. 79-3283.

627 F.2d 710 (1980)

Fred A. CRUZ et al., Plaintiffs, Enrique B. Andrade and Isaias Lara, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. B. (Bill) HAUCK et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie W. Duke, San Antonio, Tex., Frances T. Freeman Cruz, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael P. Hodge, Asst. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, TATE and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

This protracted litigation, centering around repeated attempts to obtain meaningful access to the courts on behalf of indigent prisoners in Bexar County Jail in San Antonio, Texas, has been in progress since 1970. Although the named plaintiffs are no longer incarcerated in the jail, they seek to represent a class consisting of all indigent prisoners presently so incarcerated. The plaintiffs are before us for the fourth time, and they appeal from...

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