Ernest Hancock v. Fife Symington, Governor of Arizona Richard Mahoney, Secretary of State, Arizona Grant Woods, Attorney General

50 F.3d 14 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ernest HANCOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fife SYMINGTON, Governor of Arizona; Richard Mahoney, Secretary of State, Arizona; Grant Woods, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16691. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 13, 1994. Decided March 3, 1995. Appeal from the United States District court for the District of Arizona, No. CV-91-01081-CAM; C.A. Muecke, District Judge, Presiding. Before TANG, SCHROEDER, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Appellant Ernest Hancock, acting pro se, brought suit in district court on July 3, 1991, alleging that several of Arizona's election laws violated his federal constitutional rights as an independent voter and independent candidate for office because they treated independent members differently from members of political parties. In 1992, Hancock ran as an independent candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives and…