Legal Opinion
Robert George Heath v. James W. Cleary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1983No. 81-5937PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Robert Heath appeals from the district court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The district court held that Heath’s civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) was barred because Heath failed to exhaust administrative remedies and the issues Heath sought to litigate had previously been adjudicated in a state court proceeding. We note jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976), and reverse.
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In 1967 Heath was hired as an instructor in the Department of History of the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). After an initial appointment as…
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