Legal Opinion
Melvin Eugene Wright v. Dallas County Sheriff Department
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1981No. 81-1080PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Melvin Eugene Wright sued the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department claiming a civil rights violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that deputy sheriffs had seized a number of items of personal property, mostly law books, when he was transferred from the Dallas County jail to the state penal system.
Wright requested appointment of a named attorney. The district court denied this request without reason given. He again requested appointment of the same attorney and a trial continuance in an affidavit dated September 23, 1980, but not filed until September 30. The case came to trial on…
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