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SPEARS v. McCOTTER

No. 83-2623.

766 F.2d 179 (1985)

Norman R. SPEARS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O.L. McCOTTER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Sterling, Houston, Tex., (Court Appointed-Not Under Act), for plaintiff-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., J.D. Hooper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights complaint by a prisoner inexorably directs our consideration of questions of court administration and the scope of one of the provisions of the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Norman R. Spears invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and filed a pro se complaint against the director and several employees of the Texas Department of Corrections, alleging that he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by being...

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