United States Ninth Circuit

District court properly dismissed this civil rights complaint alleging a conspiracy, on the part of the Board of Prison Terms and California's governor, to deny parole to inmates serving life sentences. Heck v. Humphrey bars all plaintiffs' claims for damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2003
• Decided 05/19/2004
• Published 05/19/2004

Judges

• GOODWIN, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY,GOODWIN, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steve M. Defilippis,Picone & Defilippis, San Jose, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellees.