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AUGUSTINE v. DOE

No. 82-4573.

740 F.2d 322 (1984)

Francis Nolan AUGUSTINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE, Deputy Sheriff, Lafayette Parish, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Block, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Domengeaux & Wright, Robert K. Tracy, Lafayette, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the extent to which a plaintiff's rights under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (1981)1 are limited by the availability of postdeprivation state law remedies. The complaint charges the defendants with violating § 1983 by depriving the plaintiff, Francis N. Augustine, of his constitutional rights. The complaint alleges that the defendants arrested the plaintiff...

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