SCOTT v. FORT BEND COUNTY

No. 88-2732 Summary Calendar.

870 F.2d 164 (1989)

Judge Jim SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORT BEND COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Morgan Scott, Jr., Sugas Land, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jim Scott, Houston, Tex., pro se.

Larry J. Doherty, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, GARWOOD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A Texas state Justice of the Peace who had been removed from office pursuant to a provision of the Texas Constitution lost his Texas state court suit to regain his office. He then asserted in federal district court that his removal from office denied him due process under the U.S. Constitution. The district court rendered summary judgment dismissing the federal suit on the basis that the claim was barred by collateral estoppel arising...

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