Vannatter v. State

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Charles Vannatter, an inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI), appeals from a district court decision upholding a magistrate’s order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The principal issue on appeal is whether Van-natter has been denied adequate medical care, resulting in cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. As a subsidiary issue, Vannatter contends the magistrate erred in awarding attorney fees to the state upon denial of Vannatter’s petition for habeas corpus relief. For…