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SKIPPER v. BRUMMER

No. 78-3567. Summary Calendar.

598 F.2d 427 (1979)

Joe Eugene SKIPPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bennett H. BRUMMER, Davis Cohen, and Lennie Cooperman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Skipper, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Brian E. Norton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civil Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Skipper filed suit against Brummer, Cohen, Cooperman, three public defender lawyers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, requesting $1,000,000 damages and alleging that appellees denied him effective assistance of counsel by allowing him to proceed to trial without counsel. The lower court held for appellees on the ground that public defenders are immune from liability under § 1983. We affirm this result, but for the reason that in this circuit...

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