Legal Opinion
Jones v. Whisenand
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 10, 2017No. C079496PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RENNER, J.
—Representing himself, Clay Joseph Jones sued his former attorney, Alan R. Whisenand, for legal malpractice and civil rights violations allegedly committed in the course of civil commitment proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) The trial court sustained Whisenand’s demurrer to the first amended complaint without leave to amend on the grounds that (1) Jones failed to allege actual innocence of all charges in the underlying criminal case or postconviction exoneration, and (2) Jones failed to show that Whisenand was a…
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