Gillespie v. Civiletti

629 F.2d 637 Julius Lee GILLESPIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin R. CIVILETTI, * Attorney General, Jack Wayne, Marshal, Michael O'Brien, Marshal, John Doe, Superintendents # 1-10, John Doe, Marshals # 11-20, John Doe, Guards # 21-100, Individually and in their official capacity and their employees, agents, subordinates and assignees, and United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-1447. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1980. Decided Oct. 6, 1980. Wayne Lieb, Institutional Legal Services, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant. James B. Crum, Asst. U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., on brief; Judith A. Corbin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before ANDERSON and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, ** District Judge. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant, Julius Lee Gillespie, appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint against the United States, the Attorney General, United States Marshals Jack Wayne and Michael O'Brien, and various "John Doe" defendants. 1 I. BACKGROUND 2 The appellant, in his pro se…