Pro Bono at Farella Braun + Martel
Prisoner Appellate Cases
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The firm has a longstanding tradition of accepting appellate cases referred by the Ninth Circuit pro bono panel. Since 2003, the firm has reversed summary judgments in three different prisoner civil rights appeals, all which resulted in reported opinions that have advanced the rights of prisoners: Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir.), cert. denied 124 S. Ct. 50 (2003); Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d 1283, 1288 (9th Cir. 2003); and Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918 (9th Cir. 2004).
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Jett v. Penner: Farella Braun + Martel represented a prisoner who was injured while in custody and not offered proper medical treatment. FBM obtained a reversal of a summary judgment previously entered against our client in a published opinion.