Legal Opinion
Robert Glen Hamill v. Robert L. Wright
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1989No. 88-1121PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Robert Glen Hamill (Hamill) challenges the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against several state actors. He alleges these appellees denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel during state court contempt proceedings that eventually resulted in his being imprisoned for failing to pay child support. Although a state court has found that Hamill’s rights were in fact violated during the contempt hearings because he was not informed that he could have counsel appointed if he was indigent, Ex Parte Hamill, 718 S.W.2d 78…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by29 opinions
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