ZAL v. STEPPE

No. 91-55579.

968 F.2d 924 (1992)

Cyrus ZAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cecil STEPPE, Warden; Attorney General of The State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1992.

As Amended July 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Hurst, The Rutherford Institute of California, Cyrus Zal, Encinitas, Cal., pro per., for petitioner-appellant.

David Florance, Deputy County Counsel, San Diego, Cal., for respondents-appellees.

Before: FARRIS, NOONAN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Cyrus Zal, an attorney, appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition, which challenged his state court contempt citations for violating the trial court's evidentiary orders. Zal argues that the citations are void because the orders violated his First Amendment rights, his clients' Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the unborn. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C...

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