Legal Opinion
Wesley Eubanks v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1986No. 85-2566PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
The appellants are inmates in Texas prisons. They filed an action alleging that they were deprived of property rights in certain funds without due process of law in violation of the fifth and fourteenth amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They appended state-law claims against prison officials, alleging various fraudulent and illegal uses of inmate funds and breaches of fiduciary duty. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We reverse and remand for a decision on the merits.
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The appellants filed this action in July 1984. Their pro…
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