LOFTIN v. THOMAS

No. 82-1009 Summary Calendar.

681 F.2d 364 (1982)

Buddy J. LOFTIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carl THOMAS, Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buddy J. Loftin, pro se.

Frank Betancourt, Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Charles J. Baldree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Buddy J. Loftin, a prisoner at the Coffield Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections, Tennessee Colony, Texas, seeks in this pro se civil rights action to recover damages from Carl Thomas, Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, on the ground that the sheriff, in his official capacity, lost some of Loftin's personal property. The action is based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Finding that Loftin has not been denied due process of law,...

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