Legal Opinion
Earnest Ray Walker v. Navarro County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1993No. 93-1267PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, Earnest Ray Walker brought suit against Appellees, the Navarro County Jail and Sheriff Hodge, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the Appellees acting under color of law, violated his Constitutional rights. Appellant filed the suit pro se and in forma pauperis. The district court dismissed the case as frivolous, and Walker appealed.
At the time he filed this civil rights action, Walker was a pretrial detainee at Navarro County Jail at Corsicana Texas. At mealtime on May 23, 1991, Walker asked Officer Scott to open his cell door to allow him to retrieve some chips to eat. The…
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- Reginald R. Brinkmann, Jr. v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff AbnerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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