Legal Opinion
Robert W. Brooks v. George County, Mississippi, George County, Mississippi, Cross-Appellee, Wilbur Ward and Earl Koskela
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1996No. 94-60619PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Today we have entered an order denying the Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing in the above case. However, we withdraw our pri- or opinion on this matter, found at 77 F.3d 834, and substitute the following opinion.
Background
Robert W. Brooks successfully brought claims under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution for his continued incarceration in a county jail eight months after the charges against him had been dropped. Eugene Howell, Sheriff of George County, Mississippi (“Sheriff Howell” or “the Sheriff’), arrested Robert…
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3Cited by122 opinions
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