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504 F.2d 393

Docket No. 74-2325

Watson v. Stynchombe

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 21, 1974.

Rehearing Denied Dec. 27, 1974.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1974-11-21

Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently August 1989

11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · Hughes v. United States

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1974-11-21

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¶1Summary Calendar.*

¶2Clarence Watson, pro se.

¶3Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Martin H. Peabody, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

¶4Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7Watson sued the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages for the alleged wrongful withholding of personal property taken from him upon his incarceration. He alleged jurisdiction by virtue of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. The district court dismissed his petition on the ground that it was a verbatim copy of a previous petition which had been dismissed for failure to state a civil rights cause of action.1

¶8We vacate and remand to the district court for reconsideration in light of Lynch v. Household Finance Corp., 405 U.S. 538, 92 S.Ct. 1113, 31 L.Ed.2d 424 (1972), which held that there is no distinction between personal liberties and *394property rights with respect to jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). See Montana v. Harrelson, 469 F.2d 1091 (5th Cir. 1972).

¶9Vacated and remanded.

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