Legal Opinion
Fleet Hamby v. Steven Hammond
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 2016No. 15-35283PublishedCited by 291 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GOULD. -•
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O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether, state prison officials can be made to pay damages to a prisoner who claims that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights when they refused to grant his request for hernia surgery.
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Fleet C. -Hamby is' an inmate at' the Stafford Creek' Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington. In April 2012, Ham-by fell off of á ladder while working Ms prison job as an electrician’s ássistant. A prison medical professional diagnosed him as having an umbilical…
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