United States Ninth Circuit

A district court may require, under the Criminal Justice Act 18 USC 3006A(a), that members of its indigent defense panel be members of the state bar as well as the district court's own bar.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/20/2001
• Decided 01/04/2002
• Published 01/04/2002

Judges

• CANBY, Circuit Judge:, Before:  WALLACE, CANBY, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph R. Giannini, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter J. Smith, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.