RIZZO v. DAWSON

No. 84-1602.

778 F.2d 527 (1985)

Patrick R. RIZZO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. DAWSON, Correctional Counselor; L. Williams, Correctional Counselor; J. Stocker, Vocational Instructor; and T. Howell, Correctional Counselor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick R. Rizzo, pro se.

John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Brady, Kenneth C. Young, Dep. Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRILL, TANG, and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed the plaintiff's in forma pauperis civil rights action by a summary order before process issued. We reverse and remand.

The plaintiff's claims of fourth amendment and equal protection violations were properly dismissed as frivolous because they lacked substance in law and fact. The plaintiff's due process claims were similarly correctly dismissed because no cognizable...

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