Legal Opinion
Gossett v. Czech
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2009No. 06-16973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Paul Gossett (Gossett), a committed inmate at Napa State Hospital (the Hospital), appeals from the district court’s summary judgment order in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that A1 Czech (Czech), the Trust Officer of the Hospital, unlawfully took a portion of his Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits each month and applied the money to partially defray the cost of Gossett’s care at the Hospital. Gossett claims this reimbursement violated the statutory provision that makes benefits earned by United States military veterans “exempt from the claims…
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