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WRIGHT v. EL PASO COUNTY JAIL

No. 80-1695 Summary Calendar.

642 F.2d 134 (1981)

Jessie E. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EL PASO COUNTY JAIL, Sheriff, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

April 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessie E. Wright, pro se.

Owen H. Ellington, El Paso, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

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

TATE, Circuit Judge:

Former county jail prisoner Wright appeals from the district court's dismissal of his handwritten (on a form provided by the district court) pro se civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. See Fed.R.Civ.Pro. Rule 12(b)(6). We reverse and remand.

Wright, who is presently incarcerated in a New Mexico state prison, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant El Paso County...

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