Legal Opinion

Pacheco v. Compton

District Court, D. New Mexico

Decided March 1, 1973No. Civ. No. 9576Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

Having four times failed to achieve a passing score on the written bar examination for the State of New Mexico, plaintiff seeks relief in United States District Court in the form of a mandatory injunction requiring the New Mexico Supreme Court to establish procedures for review, including regrading, of plaintiff’s examination papers.

Plaintiff prosecutes this action pro se on behalf of himself “and all others similarly situated” against the Justices of the Supreme Court of New Mexico and the members of the New Mexico State Board of Bar Examiners claiming a violation of his constitutional…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
  2. Rask v. Board of Bar ExaminersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Chapman v. Board of Bar ExaminersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971

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