Legal Opinion
James Hollis v. Itawamba County Loans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1981No. 80-3827PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff Hollis appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing with prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action for failure of proof of damages. The action was based on the defendants’ alleged violation of the plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection guarantees during the course of a procedurally defective Mississippi state replevin action directed against the plaintiff. On appeal, the plaintiff contends that (1) the district court erred in dismissing the § 1983 action without a hearing on the merits separate from the…
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