United States Ninth Circuit

An indigent client may not resort to federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, to challenge the manner in which he was represented by his public defender.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2002
• Published 02/08/2002

Judges

• Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, SNEED, PREGERSON, REINHARDT, T.G. NELSON, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, THOMAS, SILVERMAN, WARDLAW and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roy A. Jacobson, Jr., Jackson, WY, for the plaintiff-appellant., J. Douglas McCalla, Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, WY, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas D. Beatty, Law Offices of Thomas D. Beatty, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendants-appellees., Gloria J. Sturman, Edwards, Hale, Sturman, Atkin & Cushing, Ltd., Las Vegas, NV, for the defendants-appellees., Janson F. Stewart, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendants-appellees.