Donald Gene Boag v. C. Johnson, Etc.

Ninth Circuit

Donald Gene Boag v. C. Johnson, Etc.

470 F.2d 512

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedDecember 5, 1972

Docket72-2008

StatusPublished

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Donald Gene Boag v. C. Johnson, Etc., 470 F.2d 512 (9th Cir. 1972).

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PER CURIAM:

Boag appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights action brought against certain California police officers. They participated in his arrest, detention and questioning. The complaint charges that they violated various of his constitutional rights. Boag pled guilty to, the.charge that was the basis of the arrest, and is now serving his sentence under the California Adult Authority.

The dismissal was under Rule 12(b) (6), F.R.Civ.P. The court, 54 F.R.D. 178, applied the special rule for actions brought by prisoners devised by Judge Weinstein in Chubbs v. City of New York, E.D.N.Y., 1971, 324 F.Supp. 1183.

We have considerable sympathy with the views there expressed which were echoed by Judge Gordon Thompson, Jr., in this case. But we hold that, under Cruz v. Beto, 1972, 405 U.S. 319, 320-322, 92 S.Ct. 1079, 31 L.Ed.2d 263, the dismissal cannot be upheld. See also Haines v. Kerner, 1972, 404 U.S. 519, 92 S.Ct. 594, 30 L.Ed.2d 652. The complaint does state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We note that Cruz v. Beto, supra, had not been decided when Judge Thompson acted.

Reversed and remanded.

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