Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 78-3567. Summary Calendar. Attorney(S) Joe Skipper, pro se. Jim Smith, , Brian E. Norton, , of Legal Affairs, Civil , Tallahassee, , for defendants- Judges Irving Loeb Goldberg Acts The Public Health And Welfare — Civil Rights — Generally — Civil Action For Deprivation Of Rights See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. JOE EUGENE SKIPPER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BENNETT H. BRUMMER, DAVIS COHEN, AND LENNIE COOPERMAN, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. PER CURIAM. Appellant Skipper filed suit against Brummer, Cohen, Cooperman, three public defender lawyer, 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.