Legal Opinion
Levoy Jasper Meredith v. State of Arizona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1975No. 74-1315PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before DUNIWAY and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and CONTI,* District Judge. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Meredith’s civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) was dismissed for failure *482to state a claim for relief, and he appeals.
I. The Facts.
We assume, for present purposes only, that the allegations of Meredith’s complaint are true. They are as follows:
Meredith is incarcerated in a state prison in Arizona. He has a medical history of emphysema. In the early morning of September 28, 1973, he asked to be excused from breakfast because he was suffering from an emphysema attack. Permission was…
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3Cited by74 opinions
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