PER CURIAM:
Appellant, Philip Shields, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1964) for alleged medical mistreatment by a prison doctor. The district court granted the defendant physician's motion for summary judgment, and Shields appeals.
Appellant, an inmate of a California state prison, alleged that he had injured his back in 1964 during a prison softball game. Some months later, the pain became severe enough to prompt him to seek treatment at the...
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