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SHIELDS v. TWISS

No. 03-51171.

389 F.3d 142 (2004)

Harold Lloyd SHIELDS; et al., Plaintiffs, Dan Baldwin, Administrator for the Estate of Harold Lloyd Shields, Deceased, Appellant, v. Carol L. TWISS; Kerr County Texas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tommy Levi Newton, Jr. (argued), Allen, Stein & Durbin, San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

Charles Straith Frigerio (argued), Hector X. Saenz, Law Offices of Charles S. Frigerio, San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

KING, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff Harold Shields filed this suit after officials in Kerr County, Texas dropped charges against him for the aggravated sexual assault of a child. Claiming that he never should have been charged in the first place, Shields sued Kerr County and two county employees for alleged violations of federal and state laws. During the pendency of the lawsuit, Shields attempted to stay the case to depose members of the grand jury that indicted him. The...

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