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SHERWINSKI v. PETERSON

No. 96-20146.

98 F.3d 849 (1996)

Ronald SHERWINSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry PETERSON, Warden of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Wynne Unit, et al., Defendants, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen A. Lerner, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ann W. Kraatz, Linda M. Kearney, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Sherwinski, a Texas state prisoner, filed suit against prison officials and a prison doctor asserting a claim for damages based on their alleged deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He asserted a supplemental state law claim against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division (the "Department"...

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