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GRIFFIN v. ARPAIO

No. 06-16132.

557 F.3d 1117 (2009)

Jermaine Donte GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe ARPAIO, in his individual and official capacity as Sheriff of Maricopa County; Dheerendranath V. Raikhelkar Dr., in his individual and official capacity, also known as Raikeuian; Brooks, RN, in individual and official capacity; Rivera, RN, in PGR individual and official capacity; John Doe No.1, in his individual and official capacity as Jail Commander at Madison Street Jail; John Doe, No.2, in his individual and official capacity as Classification Officer at Madison Street Jail, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roopali H. Desai, Lewis and Roca, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.

Bruce P. White, Deputy County Attorney; Andrew P. Thomas, Maricopa County Attorney; Rebecca C. Salisbury, Deputy County Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellees.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, JEROME FARRIS and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Background

For the purposes of this appeal, we take the allegations in Griffin's complaint and grievances as true. They are as follows: Jermaine Griffin is an inmate in the Arizona Department of Corrections system. Defendants are the Sheriff of Maricopa County, a prison doctor, two prison nurses, and two prison officials. In May of 1999, Griffin fell from the top bunk of his jail cell in Maricopa County, Arizona. At the time...

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