MIRELES v. CROSBY COUNTY

No. 83-1438 Summary Calendar.

724 F.2d 431 (1984)

Julie MIRELES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROSBY COUNTY and County Judge Robert Work, In his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. Pedro ZAVALA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROSBY COUNTY and County Judge Robert Work, Etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. McIntyre, Martha Wenzler, Lubbock, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John L. Barnhill, Crosbyton, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Julie Mireles and Pedro Zavala filed separate 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions against Crosby County, Texas, alleging that they were denied due process of law by the county's failure to establish objective criteria for the provision of monetary aid under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2351, § 11 (Vernon 1971). The district court dismissed each action without prejudice on the basis of the Pullman abstention doctrine and ordered the actions...

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