Legal Opinion
Brown v. California Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2009No. 07-55409PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Liza Brown challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment premised in part on Appellees’ immunity from Brown’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Brown was released from prison pursuant to our prior grant of her habeas petition. We held that Brown was entitled to release from prison based on an oral plea agreement providing that, if she did not violate prison disciplinary rules, she would be released in seven and one-half years. Brown was imprisoned beyond that period of time. After she was released, she filed a lawsuit under § 1983 against the…
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