Legal Opinion
Davis v. Tarrant County, Tex.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 2009No. 07-11223PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Lawrence Patrick Davis, a criminal defense attorney who practices primarily in Tarrant County, Texas, filed this suit because the Tarrant County criminal district judges denied his application to be included on the list of attorneys eligible for court appointment in felony cases in Tarrant County, known as “the wheel.” Davis sued the district judges hearing felony cases in Tarrant County and the presiding judge of the Eighth Judicial Administrative Region (collectively, the “defendant judges”) in both their individual and official capacities, and Tarrant…
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