Legal Opinion
Minns v. Paul
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1976No. 75-1427PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
E. George Minns, Jr., a Virginia state prisoner, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), alleging that John Gray Paul, Jr., his court-appointed attorney, while acting under color of state law, deprived Minns of constitutional rights secured by the fourteenth amendment, in that Paul failed to respond to Minns’ requests for legal help in preparing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint, holding that the requisite state action was not present. We affirm, although we do so for reasons different from…
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