Claude H. Shepherd and Eva Chapa Shepherd v. Ciro Trevino, Tax Assessor, Collector and Registrar of Hidalgo County

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Claude and Eva Shepherd were convicted of separate felonies in federal court and, after satisfying the terms of probation, were discharged from the court’s supervision. As a result of their convictions plaintiffs were automatically disenfranchised by the State of Texas. They brought this section 1983 suit on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, challenging a Texas statute which provides a mechanism for the reenfranchisement of convicted state felons who satisfactorily complete the terms of their probation without providing a similar mechanism for…