Legal Opinion
Christopher I. Simmons v. Sacramento County Superior Court Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and R. Duane Skelton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2003No. 01-16309PublishedCited by 303 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Christopher Simmons, a state prisoner, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He failed to appear for trial in a civil personal injury action that he was pursuing because, by the time that proceeding occurred, he was in the Sacramento County Jail awaiting trial on an unrelated criminal matter. A default judgment was entered against him in the civil case. Under several theories, Plaintiff contends that the entry of that judgment violated his rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
The district court dismissed this action for failure to state…
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