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SWEED v. CITY OF EL PASO

No. 08-03-00427-CV.

139 S.W.3d 450 (2004)

James Lee SWEED, Appellant, v. CITY OF EL PASO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

July 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lee Sweed, Gatesville, pro se.

F. Duane Force, Delgado Acosta Spencer Linebarger Heard & Perez LLP, Austin, for Appellee.

Before Panel No. 4 BARAJAS, C.J., LARSEN, and McCLURE, JJ.

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

James Lee Sweed, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, appeals the trial court's order dismissing his civil suit for want of prosecution. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Facts

On July 31, 2001, James Sweed filed a petition against the City of El Paso. He named himself and his deceased parents as petitioners under a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Sweed's petition claimed the...

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