Roberto Hernandez Miranda v. Clark County, Nevada Morgan Harris Thomas Rigsby
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Chief Judge SCHROEDER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge SILVERMAN.
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
We took this case en banc to consider whether the head of a county public defender’s office, as the administrative head of an organization formed to represent criminal defendants, may be held accountable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a policy that leads to a denial of an individual’s right to effective representation of counsel. We take principal guidance from the leading Supreme Court decisions on state and municipal…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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