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RHEUARK v. SHAW

Nos. CA3-76-171-F, CA3-76-1336-F and CA3-77-444-F.

477 F.Supp. 897 (1979)

Jack RHEUARK v. Bill SHAW, Paul T. Bastas, Don Metcalf, John Whittington, David Pickett, Jim Jackson, Jim Tyson, Roy Orr, and County of Dallas. John DOESCHER v. Paul T. BASTAS, Don Metcalf, John Whittington, David Pickett, Jim Jackson, Jim Tyson, Roy Orr, and the County of Dallas. Robert Allen JORDAN v. Paul T. BASTAS, Hon. Don Metcalf, John H. Whittington, David Pickett, Jim Jackson, Jim Tyson, Roy Orr, and County of Dallas.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

August 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent W. Perini and Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff Rheuark.

Tedford E. Kimbell and Janet L. Babcock, Allen, Knuths, Cassell & Short, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff Doescher.

Molly Steele Bishop, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff Jordan.

John B. Tolle, Gerald A. Banks, Sue LaGarde, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for all defendants.

On Award of Attorney Fees August 31, 1979.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERT W. PORTER, District Judge.

Doescher, Jordan and Rheuark were convicted in the Texas state courts of various criminal offenses. They each sought to appeal their convictions to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, but it took between nine and twenty-three months for the transcription of the court proceedings to be prepared by the court reporter. Each Plaintiff alleges that these delays...

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