United States Ninth Circuit

District court erred in dismissing inmate's complaint for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff alleges facts pertaining to his transfer from one California prison to another that, if true, entitle him to relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2003
• Decided 12/24/2003
• Published 12/24/2003

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before PREGERSON, BEAM, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gail Johnson (argued) and Daniel H. Bookin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Song Hill, Deputy Attorney General (argued), Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allen R. Crown, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.