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WILLIAMS v. HEARD

Civ. A. No. H-80-2446.

533 F.Supp. 1153 (1982)

Cyril James WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Jack HEARD, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Lee Taylor, Edwards & Hitt, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Donald W. Jackson, Asst. County Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DIRECTING VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF

SINGLETON, Chief Judge.

The most important document affecting prisoners that a jailor handles is one relating to a prisoner's release. Such a document, determinative of a prisoner's liberty from the penal system, is at issue in this case. It is a grand jury "no-bill" — a direction to the jailor that demands that a prisoner be released when the grand jury fails to find a bill of indictment against...

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