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447 F.2d 490

Docket No. 71-1963.

McDaniel v. Jones

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 27, 1971.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1971-08-27

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1972

3 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Kimbrough v. Beto · Bowens v. Jones · McDaniel v. Sheriff of Dallas County

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1971-08-27

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¶1Grover C. McDaniel, pro se.

¶2Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Harry J. Schulz, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for respondents-ap-pellees.

¶3Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5This case presents the sequel to McDaniel v. Sheriff, 445 F.2d 851 (5th Cir., 1971) [No. 30829, June 24, 1971]. In that case a panel of this court vacated and remanded an order of the district court dismissing McDaniel’s application for the writ of habeas corpus as moot. In the instant appeal McDaniel filed a civil action on February 16, 1971, which the United States Magistrate took as an application for writ of habeas corpus. The action filed under a single docket number was, however, two separate actions: one styled Application for Restraining Order, Discharge of Applicant, was properly taken to be an application for writ of habeas corpus. The other was an action under the Civil Rights Act for wrongful detention and other deprivation of civil liberties in connection with McDaniels’ conviction for the *491offense of breaking and entering a motor vehicle.

¶6In the interest of judicial economy we vacate and remand the dismissal of appellant’s application for the writ of habeas corpus for consideration with his application remanded in No. 30829. The district court in its order adopted the findings of the United States Magistrate. The Magistrate, however, made no mention of the second civil action filed under Docket No. CA-3-4506-B. We, therefore, further vacate and remand the tacit rejection of appellant’s civil rights action. This court has viewed dismissals on barebone pleadings with great scrutiny. A tacit dismissal, as the case here, requires a summary1 reversal.

¶7Vacated and remanded.

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