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ESPINO v. CITY OF KINGSVILLE, TEX.

No. 80-2025.

676 F.2d 1075 (1982)

Herlinda ESPINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodolfo R. Munoz, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ben A. Donnell, Corpus Christi, Tex., Nelson R. Sharpe, Kingsville, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case concerns the unfortunate death, by hanging, of a seventeen-year-old male in the City of Kingsville, Texas, jail. Herlinda Espino and Julia Espino Sanchez, mother and sister of the deceased, Gregorio Espino, brought this action under the Civil Rights Act and the Constitution for damages related to Gregorio's death by asphyxiation in the city jail.

On the night of February 27, 1978, the Kingsville police received three calls complaining...

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