JOHNSON v. MacCOY

No. 16521.

278 F.2d 37 (1960)

Elizabeth B. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Charles B. MacCOY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Zinman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Robert C. Lynch, Deputy County Counsel, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed suit below under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) to recover damages against appellee, a judge of the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District, State of California, alleging appellee had knowingly acted "in clear absence of jurisdiction in issuing felony complaints against plaintiff on October 28, 1957, and again on December 23, 1957. Both felony complaints charged the same violation of the California...

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