United States Ninth Circuit

A plaintiff's plea of nolo contendre does not bar a subsequent action under 42 USC 1983 as a matter of law because the defendant must establish the defense that a claim would necessarily imply the invalidity of a prior conviction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/11/2001
• Decided 07/31/2001
• Published 07/31/2001

Judges

• NOONAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  NOONAN, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adam Axelrad, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Wilmont A. Odom, Cal P. Saunders, Office of City Attorney, Compton, California, for the defendants-appellees.