Priest v. Cupp

Petitioner appeals from an order of the circuit court denying the relief sought and dismissing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Essentially, petitioner complains that his medical needs have not been and are not being met by respondent, Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary. Petitioner is confined in the penitentiary under a life sentence. He urges that "the intentional denial” of needed medical treatment is "subject to Eighth Amendment scrutiny.”

During the course of these proceedings, which were instituted in April 1974, evidence was obtained from physicians who had examined…