HAGERTY v. SUCCESSION OF CLEMENT

No. 84-3353 Summary Calendar.

749 F.2d 217 (1984)

John M. HAGERTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUCCESSION OF Laura McCloskey CLEMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Manning, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Edward D. Wegmann, William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Patricia Nalley Bowers, Lisa F. Keegan, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The appellant brought this section 1983 action alleging a denial of his right to due process by a state trial judge and other defendants for refusing to grant him a continuance in his state court suit contesting his aunt's will. We affirm the district court's dismissal, and because his appeal is so clearly frivolous, we assess double costs and attorneys' fees against the appellant and his attorney.

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