MITCHELL v. KING

No. 75-1412.

537 F.2d 385 (1976)

John A. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce KING, Governor of the State of New Mexico, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Mitchell of Mitchell, Mitchell, Alley & Morrison, Santa Fe, N. M. for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas Patrick Whelan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, N. M. (Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, N. M. on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before BREITENSTEIN, BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

John A. Mitchell (Mitchell) appeals from the Order of the District Court granting appellee's Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and cause of action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

When a complaint and action are dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, it must appear beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to...

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