WIMBERLEY v. LYNCH

No. 71-2312.

460 F.2d 316 (1972)

Nolan Delbert WIMBERLEY and Mervin Carlos McKinney, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Honorable Thomas C. LYNCH, Attorney General of the State of California, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Yeamans, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Doris H. Maier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Loren E. McMaster, Daniel J. Kremer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRILL, TRASK and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, two California prisoners, instituted this action against the State Attorney General seeking declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief. Liberally construed, their complaint alleged that the Attorney General's practice of providing legal representation to state employees sued in their individual capacities for allegedly illegal acts, while not providing free counsel to the plaintiff-prisoners, constituted an invidious discrimination and a denial...

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