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DONALDSON v. LUNGREN

Docket No. B055657.

2 Cal.App.4th 1614 (1992)

4 Cal. Rptr.2d 59

THOMAS DONALDSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DANIEL E. LUNGREN, as Attorney General, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

January 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Garfield, Tepper, Ashworth & Epstein, Christopher Ashworth, David B. Epstein and Jacqueline Misho for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Linda C. Johnson, Kristofer Jorstad, Deputy Attorneys General, David Nawi, County Counsel, and Stephen D. Underwood, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

Plaintiff Thomas Donaldson wishes to die in order to live. He suffers from an incurable brain disease. He wishes to commit suicide with the assistance of plaintiff Carlos Mondragon so that his body may be cryogenically preserved. It is Donaldson's hope that sometime in the future, when a cure for his disease is found, his body may be brought back to life.

He and Mondragon appeal a judgment dismissing their...

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