VENEGAS v. SKAGGS

Nos. 87-5662, 87-5684.

867 F.2d 527 (1989)

Juan Francisco VENEGAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronnie J. SKAGGS; Carthel S. Roberson, Defendants-Appellees. Juan Francisco VENEGAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronnie SKAGGS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Michael R. Mitchell, Applicant-in-Intervention-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1989.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing April 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Bromberg, Sag Harbor, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Shannon, Long Beach, Cal., Johnnie Cochran, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Michael R. Mitchell, Los Angeles, Cal., pro per.

Harvey A. Schneider, Encino, Cal., for applicant-in-intervention-appellant.

Before HUG, FLETCHER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc April 4, 1989.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Attorney Michael Mitchell ("Mitchell") appeals the district court's denial of his motion to intervene in his former client's Section 1983 action. Mitchell moved to intervene in order to confirm a $406,000 lien for attorney's fees on the judgment. Juan Francisco Venegas ("Venegas"), the former client, cross-appeals the district court's ruling that Mitchell's entitlement...

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