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ROBERTS v. SPALDING

Nos. 84-3752, 84-3825.

783 F.2d 867 (1986)

Ethel A. ROBERTS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arthur N. Roberts, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. v. James SPALDING, as Superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary, W. Edward Naugler, as Washington State Department of Institutions Medical Director, Barbara Anderson, as Health Care Manager, Washington State Penitentiary, and Joyce Lingerfelt, Nurse Practitioner, State of Washington, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard I. Sampson, Richard I. Sampson & Associates, Seattle, Wash., John S. Biggs, Walla Walla, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee.

Don G. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.

Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and MACBRIDE, District Judge.

MACBRIDE, Senior District Judge:

The underlying action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the medical care accorded appellant's decedent, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary, violated his eighth amendment rights, denied him equal protection of the laws, and denied him a state-created liberty interest without due process of law. This appeal principally challenges the district court's refusal to...

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