Legal Opinion

James Skip Hulsey v. State of Texas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 19, 1991No. 90-8568PublishedCited by 217 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

James Skip Hulsey filed a civil rights action in district court against the State of Texas, the City of Odessa, and Ted Hughes, an Odessa police officer. The court dismissed with prejudice Hulsey’s claims against the State of Texas for want of prosecution and granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Odessa and Officer Hughes. Hulsey now appeals the court’s judgment. We affirm.

In April 1989 Hulsey was on parole from prison after a previous state criminal conviction in Texas. Pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Texas Department of Pardons and Paroles, Officer…

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