Joe Eugene Skipper v. Bennett H. Brummer, Davis Cohen, & Lennie Cooperman, 598 F.2d 427 (5th Cir. 1979). · Go Syfert
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Joe Eugene Skipper v. Bennett H. Brummer, Davis Cohen, & Lennie Cooperman, 598 F.2d 427 (5th Cir. 1979). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
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Joe Eugene SKIPPER, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Bennett H. BRUMMER, Davis Cohen, and Lennie Cooperman, Defendants-Appellees
78-3567.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Jul 6, 1979.
598 F.2d 427
Joe Skipper, pro se., Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Brian E. Norton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept, of Legal Affairs, Civil Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendantsappellees.
Goldberg, Per Curiam, Roney, Tjo-Flat.
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PER CURIAM.

Appellant Skipper filed suit against Brummer, Cohen, Cooperman, three public defender lawyers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, requesting $1,000,000 damages and alleging that appellees denied him effective assistance of counsel by allowing him to proceed to trial without counsel. The lower court held for appellees on the ground that public defenders are immune from liability under § 1983. We affirm this result, but for the reason that in this circuit the actions of court-appointed attorneys are not state action. Slavin v. Curry, 574 F.2d 1256, 1265 (5th Cir. 1978); U. S. ex rel. Simmons v. Zibilich, 542 F.2d 259, 261 (5th Cir. 1976).

AFFIRMED.