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- Title: Mcdonald V. Steward
- Author : Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 02, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Willie Ray McDonald ("McDonald"), a Texas inmate, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Officer James Steward ("Steward"), a prison supervisor, alleging that Steward intentionally denied McDonald access to the prison law library in retaliation for a lawsuit McDonald helped file against the personnel of the prison mail room. After a bench trial, the magistrate Judge entered Judgement in Steward's favor. McDonald appeals. The main issue for decision is whether McDonald waived his right to a jury trial by consenting to the jurisdiction of the magistrate Judge, and by participating in the bench trial without objection. We also must decide whether the magistrate Judge erred in excluding the trial testimony of one of McDonald's named witnesses. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the Judgement of the magistrate Judge. *fn1