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MAYES v. LEIPZIGER

No. 82-6002.

729 F.2d 605 (1984)

Raisa R. MAYES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David A. LEIPZIGER and Levy, Leipziger & Norminton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Wexler, Sidney S. Bobbe, New York City, Walter K. Rosen, MacCarley, Phelps & Rosen, Toluca Lake, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barry Kaiman, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgard, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SKOPIL, FERGUSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.

SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

Mayes appeals from an order of the district court dismissing her legal malpractice complaint against her former attorney. We conclude that the court improperly denied Mayes' right to amend. We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In 1976 Mayes, a New York resident, brought an action in federal district court in California. A California attorney represented her. Dissatisfied with the result, Mayes retained another California...

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