Bolin

Bolin v. Williams

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaSeptember 4, 20203:20-cv-04461California644 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 PAUL C. BOLIN, E8810, Case No. 20-cv-04461-CRB (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, et al., Defendant(s).

I. Plaintiff, a California state prisoner incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison’s (SQSP) death row pursuant to a 1991 conviction and death sentence from Kern County Superior Court, has filed a pro se “suit for damages” against two federal public defenders and a private attorney appointed to represent him in his federal habeas proceedings. ECF No. 1 at 1. Plaintiff alleges breach of contractual agreement between client and counsel, legal malpractice and various wrongdoing on the part of defendants in connection with their defense of plaintiff. II. In 1998, the Supreme Court of California affirmed plaintiff’s death sentence and, in 1999, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was filed in the United States District Court for…

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