# Brown v. California

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · February 9, 1971 · 436 F.2d 1381

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8884431

## Case

- **Full name:** Benjamin Jerrel BROWN v. The STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of the State of California, John M. Dean, Deputy District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, Joseph Akzam and Warren T. Jenkins, Senior and Deputy Probation Officers of the Adult Probation Department of the City and County of San Francisco, John Doe Hall and John Doe, Police Officers of the City and County of San Francisco, Joseph P. Kennedy, Deputy Public Defender of the San Francisco Public Defender Office, Each John Doe Member of the Adult Authority of the California Department of Correction of the State of California, Walter China, Parole Officer of the Adult Department of Parole, Department of Correction of the State of California, Terry Francois and J. Tony Serra, attorneys at law of the California Bar Association, State of California
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** February 9, 1971
- **Citations:** 436 F.2d 1381
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM:
The district court did not err in dismissing this civil rights action. The complaint did not state a claim against any of the defendants and, under the circumstances, could not have been amended to do so.
Affirmed.

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