COURTNEY v. REEVES

No. 81-2008.

635 F.2d 326 (1981)

Doyle Dewayne COURTNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene REEVES et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

January 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doyle D. Courtney, pro se.

Briscoe, Powell & Taylor, Frank Briscoe, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case is before us on Plaintiff-Appellant Doyle Dewayne Courtney's motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and for appointment of appellate counsel. The court below dismissed his lawsuit, which was brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(b), and 1986 (1976), against Sheriff Gene Reeves and Deputies Sammy Prestwood and Charles Bexley of Montgomery County, Texas.1 We grant Courtney's petition to appeal...

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