Santos v. Alaska Bar Association

618 F.2d 575 Bernard T. SANTOS, Appellant, v. ALASKA BAR ASSOCIATION and the Justices of the Supreme Court of Alaska, Robert Boochever, Chief Justice, J. A. Rabinowitz, Roger Connor, Edmond G. Burke, and W. W. Matthews, Justices, Appellees. No. CA 78-3606. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 8, 1980. 1 Bernard T. Santos, in pro. per. 2 William W. Garrison, Anchorage, Alaska (argued), Robert M. Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska, on brief, for appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. 4 Before TANG and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, and BEEKS, * District Judge. BEEKS, Senior District Judge: 5 This appeal involves dismissal by the district court of appellant's complaint premised upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the reason that it failed to state a cause of action upon which relief could be granted. 6 Santos, a graduate of a law school which is not accredited by the American Bar Association ("A.B.A.") or the Association of American Law Schools ("A.A.L.S."), appeals the holding of the court below that Alaska Bar Admission Rule I-2 does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment with respect to bar applicants who have not graduated from A.A.L.S. or…