CARBALAN v. VAUGHN

No. 84-1558 Summary Calendar.

760 F.2d 662 (1985)

Irvin M. CARBALAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bill VAUGHN, Individually and as Marshal of the City of Buffalo, Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Nichols, Palestine, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Haley & Davis, Herbert S. Bristow, W.C. Haley, Waco, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Irvin M. Carbalan filed this civil rights suit against the city of Buffalo, Texas, and its Municipal Judge, Ben Bagley, complaining that Judge Bagley denied his constitutional right to reasonable bail when he refused to accept two motor club cards in lieu of cash bail.1 Carbalan convinced a jury that Judge Bagley denied him his right to reasonable bail, but won no relief: before trial the district...

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