Legal Opinion
Cousins v. Lockyer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2009No. 07-17216PublishedCited by 745 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
William Henry Cousins (Cousins) appeals from the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against several California state officials, in which he alleges that he was wrongfully imprisoned for an additional nineteen months after a California appellate court overturned the statute under which he was incarcerated. He argues that the officials breached their alleged duties to monitor whether his sentence was void under the invalidated statute and to take steps to effectuate his release. He also asserts that the district court erred in determining that the…
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