FEIST v. JEFFERSON COUNTY COM'RS COURT

No. 85-2409 Summary Calendar.

778 F.2d 250 (1985)

Herbert FEIST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Feist, pro se.

Richard W. Meyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Richard F. Baker, Emily Rhine, Asst. Dist. Attys., Beaumont, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case is on appeal to review the district court's dismissal of a pretrial detainee's action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because we find that the district court properly refused to grant the appellant's motions for a default judgment, summary judgment, or discovery, and because appointed counsel for the appellant was unnecessary, we affirm.

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Herbert Feist, the appellant, was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson...

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