de JESUS BENAVIDES v. SANTOS

Nos. 88-2620, 88-2730.

883 F.2d 385 (1989)

Jose de JESUS BENAVIDES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mario SANTOS, Jr., Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Mario HERRERA and Wife, Rosalinda Herrera, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mario SANTOS, Jr., Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Scharmen, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant, Jose de Jesus Benavides.

R. Gaines Griffin, San Antonio, Tex., Olivero E. Canales, Laredo, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Mayo J. Galindo, Earl W. Tracy, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants-Herrera.

Before RUBIN, KING, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Jose de Jesus Benavides (Benavides), and Mario and Rosalinda Herrera (collectively Herreras) appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendants-appellees are Mario Santos, Jr. (Sheriff Santos), Sheriff of Webb County, Texas, as well as the County Commissioners and County Judge of Webb County.

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