PEOPLE OF STATE OF CAL. v. WALTERS

No. 83-6368.

751 F.2d 977 (1984)

PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry WALTERS, Administrator; Veterans Administration; Veterans Administration Medical Center (Brentwood and Wadsworth Hospital Center), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1984.

As Amended January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Tekosky, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dean K. Dunsmore, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, FARRIS and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Believing that someone at the Veterans Administration hospital in western Los Angeles had disposed of hazardous medical waste in violation of California law, the city attorney initiated a criminal prosecution in municipal court against the Veterans Administration and Walters, its administrator.

The complaint was removed to district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a). The district court dismissed...

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