BENSON v. STATE BOARD OF PAROLE & PROBATION

No. 21528.

384 F.2d 238 (1967)

Lennart A. BENSON, Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF PAROLE & PROBATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard R. Lonergan, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., Mallory Walker, David H. Blunt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salem, Or., for appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.


JAMESON, District Judge:

Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) whether the appeal should be dismissed as moot since appellant has been dismissed from state custody; and (2) whether appellant was denied due process by reason of ineffective and incompetent counsel.

Benson's prison sentence has expired. He contends that declaratory relief should be granted against a money judgment and other existing consequences...

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