Legal Opinion
Sperl v. Deukmejian
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 9, 1980No. CV 79-2647-AAHPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
HAUK, District Judge.
On January 23, 1974, while serving as Marshal of the Los Angeles Municipal Court, plaintiff Timothy Sperl was indicted by a County Grand Jury for embezzlement and misappropriation. He was later convicted on August 12, 1974 and given a probationary sentence.1 Sperl brings this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3), 1343(4); 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and asks the. Court to review his 1974 conviction.
Sperl charges that adverse and prejudicial pre-indictment publicity rendered his 1974…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hauptmann v. WilentzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
- Sperl v. DeukmejianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Sperl v. DeukmejianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981