Herbert Feist v. Jefferson County Commissioners Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case is on appeal to review the district court’s dismissal of a pretrial detainee’s action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because we find that the district court properly refused to grant the appellant’s motions for a default judgment, summary judgment, or discovery, and because appointed counsel for the appellant was unnecessary, we affirm.

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Herbert Feist, the appellant, was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson County Jail from December 1, 1980, to April 9, 1981. In 1982, Feist filed an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the conditions of his…