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HARRISON v. BYRD

No. 84-1930 Summary Calendar.

765 F.2d 501 (1985)

Alvin Lee HARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don BYRD, Sheriff, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Lee Harrison, pro se.

Peter L. Harlan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Henry J. Voegtle, III, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

Alvin Lee Harrison, a Texas state prisoner, appeals from a district court order denying his motion to alter the summary judgment for the defendants in this civil rights case. The district court treated Harrison's motion as a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion. Finding that the district court should have granted the plaintiff's motion, we reverse and remand this case to the district court.

The plaintiff brought an action for damages pursuant to...

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