OLUWA v. GOMEZ

No. 96-17108.

133 F.3d 1237 (1998)

Ras Adisa Gamba OLUWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James H. GOMEZ, Dir Dept of Corr; Charles D. Marshall, Warden, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen R. Crown, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellants.

Ras Adisa Gamba Oluwa, Pelican Bay State Prison, Crescent City, California, plaintiff-appellee, appearing pro se.

Before: D. W. NELSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and ZILLY, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Defendants James H. Gomez and Charles D. Marshall ("defendants") appeal from an order of summary judgment granted sua sponte by the district court ordering them to provide plaintiff Ras Adisa Gamba Oluwa ("Oluwa") with a diet of adequate nourishment that is vegetarian, non-dairy, and contains no grapes or other products derived from a grapevine. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291...

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