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CAREAGA v. JAMES

No. 79-1723.

616 F.2d 1062 (1980)

Christopher W. CAREAGA, Appellant, v. Judge Harry M. JAMES, the People of the City of St. Louis, Missouri — a Municipal Corporation, by Alphonso J. Cervantes and Jim Conway, authorized agents of the City of St. Louis, Collectively in their Official Capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1980.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Careaga, pro se.

Jack L. Koehr, City Counselor, and Michael E. Hughes, Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This pro se civil rights suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by plaintiff, a Missouri state inmate, against Judge Harry M. James and the people of St. Louis. Plaintiff, who plead guilty to four felony charges in 1971, alleged in substance that after he plead guilty, Judge James, then presiding in the circuit court of the State of Missouri, expressed regret that he was legally barred from imposing a death sentence. The district court

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