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GAMBLE v. THOMAS

No. 81-1143 Summary Calendar.

655 F.2d 568 (1981)

J. W. GAMBLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carl THOMAS, Sheriff, and Unknown White Lady Officer, Dallas County, Texas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

August 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Gamble, pro se.

Charles J. Baldree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff Gamble, a Texas prisoner, filed a timely notice of appeal from dismissal of his federal civil rights complaint, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and we granted his pro se application for leave to appeal in forma pauperis. Subsequently, after the records and briefs were filed in this court, counsel for the opposing party brought to the notice of this court that Gamble had died on May 27, 1981. Under these circumstances, and where no personal...

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