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WRIGHT v. DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.

No. 81-1080. Summary Calendar.

660 F.2d 623 (1981)

Melvin Eugene WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Marshall, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Charles J. Baldree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Melvin Eugene Wright sued the Dallas County Sheriff's Department claiming a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that deputy sheriffs had seized a number of items of personal property, mostly law books, when he was transferred from the Dallas County jail to the state penal system.

Wright requested appointment of a named attorney. The district court denied this request without reason given. He again requested appointment...

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