McKNIGHT v. BLANCHARD

No. 81-1166 Summary Calendar.

667 F.2d 477 (1982)

Hershel Hiram McKNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C. H. BLANCHARD, Sheriff of Lubbock County, Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hershel Hiram McKnight, pro se.

John T. Montford, Criminal Dist. Atty., Yvonne Faulks, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

We vacate an order indefinitely staying trial of this action, and we remand for further proceedings.

The plaintiff McKnight, then a prisoner in the Lubbock County Jail, filed suit against the sheriff, district attorney and jail, praying for damages, injunctive relief, and a transfer to an adequate medical facility. The pro se pleadings, construed favorably, attempt to assert claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of constitutional...

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