United States Ninth Circuit

38 USC 5301(a) prohibits prison officials from tapping into a prisoner's veterans benefits to pay for overdrafts in the prisoner's trust account.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2001
• Published 11/21/2001

Judges

• FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, FERNANDEZ, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tarza R. Nelson, Coalinga, California, for the plaintiff/appellant/cross-appellee., Diane de Kervor, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.