Legal Opinion
Theodore Chester Kulas v. Jaime Flores
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2001No. 99-16029PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Theodore Chester Rulas, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment for the defendant following a bench trial in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against police officer Jaime Flores. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
I.FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In July 1998, Rulas filed several § 1983 claims against Flores stemming from Rulas’ arrest and prosecution for drug and witness tampering charges. Among those claims, Rulas alleged that Flores perjured himself before a grand jury in order to obtain an indictment for…
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