Legal Opinion
Michael Chess v. J. Dovey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2015No. 12-16516PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Michael Chess brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against eight members of the medical staff at California’s High Desert State Prison, alleging that they denied him constitutionally adequate medical care while he was incarcerated there. Chess represented himself at trial. Two Eighth Amendment claims of deliberate indifference went to trial. As characterized in the final pretrial order, they were (1) that “defendants denied [plaintiff] effective pain medication; specifically, that defendants purportedly discom tinued plaintiffs use of…
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