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HOUSTON v. HUMBOLDT COUNTY

No. Civ. R-81-297 BRT.

561 F.Supp. 1124 (1983)

Ramon Mendez HOUSTON, Plaintiff, v. HUMBOLDT COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada; Richard H. Bryan, individually and as the Attorney General, State of Nevada; Larry D. Struve, individually and as the Chief Deputy Attorney General, State of Nevada; Robert Manley, individually and as the Chief Criminal Deputy Attorney General, State of Nevada; Brian Hutchins, individually and as the Deputy Attorney General, State of Nevada; William Macdonald, individually and as the District Attorney, Humboldt County, Nevada; Jack T. Bullock II, individually and as the Deputy District Attorney, Humboldt County, Nevada; Frank Weston, individually and as the Sheriff, Humboldt County, Nevada; Donald Fox, individually and as the Deputy Sheriff, Humboldt County, Nevada; Humboldt County Board of Commissioners; Alan Beck, V.V. Botts, Tebeau Piquet, Pete L. Bengochea, and Sammye Ugalde, individually and as Commissioners of Humboldt County, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

April 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Hager, Reno, Nev., and John P. Rupp, Mark I. Levy, Steven J. Rosenbaum, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Cr. Div., Carson City, Nev., for Hutchins, Manley, Struve and Bryan.

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

BRUCE R. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This action arises out of the detention of plaintiff, Ramon Mendez Houston, a citizen of the Republic of Mexico. Houston was allegedly committed to the sheriff's custody as a material witness pursuant to N.R.S. 178.494 to an offense of first degree murder and was held in custody by officials of Humboldt County, Nevada for over a year and until his release on a writ of habeas corpus issued by the...

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