Legal Opinion
Earl Edwin Gobel and Michael J. Defranco v. Maricopa County, Thomas E. Collins, David P. Stoller, and Frank Gary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1989No. 87-2351PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Earl Edwin Gobel and Michael J. De-Franco appeal the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim. Gobel and DeFranco alleged in their civil rights complaint that Maricopa County, two county attorneys, and an investigator violated their constitutional rights by arresting them without probable cause due to mistaken identifications, issuing false statements to the news media, and subjecting them to illegal conditions of confinement.
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 1291. We reverse the judgment and remand for…
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