LOZANO v. SMITH

No. 81-1538.

718 F.2d 756 (1983)

Randy Rene LOZANO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William French SMITH, et al., Defendants, Elton Faught, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopez, Medina, Ramirez, Torres & Velasquez, Isaias D. Torres, Armando Lopez, Jose A. Medina, Rebecca J. Davis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Perry Davis, Jr., James E. Nelson, Odessa, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GARZA, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court dismissing an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against appellees, principally Elton Faught, the former Sheriff of Ector County, Texas, Randy Tenney, one of Faught's Deputy Sheriffs, and Jackie Perkins, one of the jailers at the Ector County jail. Appellees were sued both individually and in their respective official capacities for the alleged violation of the civil rights of...

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