JOHNSON v. SMITH COUNTY, TEX.

No. 87-2305 Summary Calendar.

834 F.2d 479 (1987)

Ethel M. JOHNSON and Oreng Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS; A.L. Manning, in his official capacity as former Sheriff of Smith County, Texas; Tom Beard, Deputy Sheriff of Smith County, Texas; Bobby Clark Holder, Jr., d/b/a Centennial Bonding Agency; and Two Unknown Smith County Sheriff's Deputies, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda Gale Willett, East Texas Legal Service, Inc., Nacogdoches, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mike A. Hatchell, Tracy Crawford, Tyler, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Randy Taylor, Dallas, Tex., for Bobby Clark Holder, Jr.

Before GEE, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

On February 24, 1983, Deputy Sheriff Beard, two or three unnamed deputies, and a bail bondsman attempted to locate Aldenor Widemon, a woman against whom there were several outstanding felony arrest warrants. Finding her car parked near the plaintiffs' house, across the street from the home of Widemon's parents, the defendants conducted a two-to-three-minute warrantless search of plaintiff's house but did not find Widemon.

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