HAMILL v. WRIGHT

No. 88-1121. Summary Calendar.

870 F.2d 1032 (1989)

Robert Glen HAMILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert L. WRIGHT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glen Hamill, Grand Prairie, Tex., pro se.

Paul D. Rich, Asst. Atty. Gen., San Antonio, Tex., for Wright, Hicks, O'Reilly and Mattox.

Van Thompson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Ft. Worth, Tex., for Blais & Carpenter and Tarrant County, Tex.

Before RUBIN, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Robert Glen Hamill (Hamill) challenges the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against several state actors. He alleges these appellees denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel during state court contempt proceedings that eventually resulted in his being imprisoned for failing to pay child support. Although a state court has found that Hamill's rights were in fact violated during the contempt...

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