Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. Wyatt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1998No. 18-10526PublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Raul Gonzales, Jr. (Gonzales), a prisoner in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, appeals the limitations-based dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in forma pauperis (IFP) suit against defendant-appellee Morris Wyatt (Wyatt), alleging that in an altercation on January 24,1994, Wyatt, a corrections officer at the Darrington Unit where Gonzales was then confined, used excessive force against Gonzales.
Facts and Proceedings Below
On January 19, 1996, a typewritten but wholly unsigned complaint in Gonzales’ name containing these allegations was received…
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