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MIRANDA v. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

No. 00-15734.

279 F.3d 1102 (2002)

Roberto Hernandez MIRANDA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA; Morgan Harris; Thomas Rigsby, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas McCalla (briefed and argued), Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, Wyoming, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas D. Beatty (briefed and argued), Law Offices of Thomas D. Beatty, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Morgan Harris.

Gloria J. Sturman (argued) and Lance A. Maningo (briefed), Edwards, Hale, Sturman, Atkin & Cushing, Ltd., Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Thomas Rigsby.

Janson F. Stewart (briefed and argued), District Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Clark County.

Before: SNEED, TROTT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

We are asked to decide whether an indigent client in a criminal case may resort to the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to challenge the manner in which he was represented by his public defender. We answer that question in the negative.

Roberto Hernandez Miranda ("Miranda") brought this action under § 1983 against Clark County, Nevada (the "County...

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