MACKEY v. PROCUNIER

No. 71-3062.

477 F.2d 877 (1973)

James Boyd MACKEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Shelley Mercer (argued), Howard Anawalt, National Legal Program on Health Problems of the Poor, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marjory Winston Parker, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRILL, WRIGHT, and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant is a state prisoner, serving a term of imprisonment at Folsom State Prison, Represa, California. He has brought this action charging violation of his civil rights by virtue of alleged cruel and unusual treatment received by him at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville in 1967. With his consent, he had been sent to Vacaville for the purpose of undergoing shock treatment. In his complaint, filed in propria persona, he alleges...

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