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STEPHENS BY STEPHENS v. BOWIE COUNTY, TEX.

No. 83-2215 Summary Calendar.

724 F.2d 434 (1984)

Robert STEPHENS, by Next Friend, Vertie STEPHENS, and Ida Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian, Daniel & Villarreal, Elizabeth K. Julian, Michael M. Daniel, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Raffaelli & Hawkins, John D. Raffaelli, Texarkana, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, Steve Bickerstaff, Ann Clarke Snell, Austin, Tex., amicus curiae for Texas Ass'n of Counties.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Robert Stephens, by his next friend, Vertie Stephens, and Ida Nelson brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Bowie County, Texas, on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of all indigent residents of the county. Plaintiffs alleged that they were denied due process of law by the county's failure to establish objective criteria for the provision of medical care under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2351, § 11 (Vernon 1971). After...

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