Legal Opinion
Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1987No. 86-1326, 86-1458PublishedCited by 809 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s disposition of Reginald Brinkmann’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against Dallas County, four of its deputy sheriffs, and Sue O’Hara, a counselor in the Family Court Services Department. The district court granted O’Hara’s motion for summary judgment, and subsequently dismissed with prejudice Brinkmann’s complaint against the other defendants because of his refusal to obey a court order. We affirm.
Facts and Proceedings Below
Reginald Brinkmann and his wife were divorced in Dallas in 1982. The couple had one child, a son, and under…
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