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JACQUEZ v. PROCUNIER

No. 86-2273. Summary Calendar.

801 F.2d 789 (1986)

Fernando JACQUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. R.K. PROCUNIER, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Michael F. Lynch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Monty B. Roberson, Rallis, Silva & Silva, Antonio V. Silva, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This § 1983 case concerns the right of state officials, who enjoy qualified immunity, to avoid the potentially arduous discovery process when complainants do not plead facts that, if true, would defeat a claim of qualified immunity. The plaintiff, administrator for the estate of Rafael Jacquez, deceased, a former prisoner in Texas, brought this action alleging that the defendants — the Director of Texas prisons, the members of the...

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