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HULL v. CITY OF DUNCANVILLE

No. 81-1534 Summary Calendar.

678 F.2d 582 (1982)

Archie L. HULL, Individually and As Next Friend and Natural Father of Rodney Lee Hull, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barber, Molberg & Thorpe, James C. Barber, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Koch & Stradley, Robert H. Frost, Gerald R. Powell, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff Hull sues the City of Duncanville, a Texas municipality. His cause of action is based upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides a federal remedy against a defendant who under color of state law deprives a plaintiff of any federal constitutional or statutory right. Finding that no federal right is implicated and that the complaint at most alleges a state-law tort, we affirm the district court's dismissal.

Both parties agree...

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