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LAMAR v. STEELE

No. 81-2045.

693 F.2d 559 (1982)

Allen L. LAMAR, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. L.A. STEELE, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Kraatz, Kenneth Peterson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Johnson, Swanson & Barbee, Dan S. Boyd, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before GARZA, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1983.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Allen L. Lamar, a prisoner in the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) from 1968 to 19791 invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in a suit against Len Arthur Steele, a building major at the Ellis Unit, claiming that Steele denied him access to the courts. A jury, functioning under the guidance of a federal magistrate, returned a verdict on...

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