Legal Opinion

Garfield v. Daly

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 28, 2002No. 01-16243; D.C. No. CV-96-01996-WBS/GGHPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

John F. Garfield, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking to replace state parole board members with panel members appointed by the district court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s dismissal, Butterfield v. Bail, 120 F.3d 1023, 1024 (9th Cir.1997), and we affirm.

*663The district court properly dismissed Garfield’s action because the proposed injunctive relief is intrusive and unworkable, and Garfield has adequate state remedies to address any…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Butterfield v. BailCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  3. In Re RosenkrantzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
  4. Terhune v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000

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