PEINADO v. ADULT AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 22843.

405 F.2d 1185 (1969)

Lorenzo PEINADO, Appellant, v. ADULT AUTHORITY OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; State of California; John Doe, Chairman of the Adult Authority, and Walter E. Craven, Warden at Folsom State Prison, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorenzo Peinado, in pro. per.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for appellees.

Before POPE, HAMLEY and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Lorenzo Peinado, a California state prisoner convicted in 1963 of violating state narcotics laws, tendered in the district court a complaint invoking the Civil Rights Act. Named as defendants were the California Adult Authority, "John Doe," Chairman of the Authority, and Walter E. Craven, Warden of Folsom State Prison. At the time of tendering his complaint, Peinado sought permission under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (1964), to proceed in forma pauperis...

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