Legal Opinion
Kindem v. City of Alameda
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 11, 1980No. C-78-2982 SWPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.
In 1968, plaintiff David A. Kindem was convicted as a minor under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 5001-37, of felony violation of the now repealed federal marijuana importation tax laws, formerly codified at 26 U.S.C. § 4755. One decade later, plaintiff was fired from his job as a janitor with defendant City of Alameda (“the City”) when his ten-year-old conviction was brought to the attention of his superiors. Plaintiff brought the present action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to challenge…
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