FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Before us is Orrin S. Reed's appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants on his § 1983 suit. Reed alleges that the defendants violated the Eighth Amendment by subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment by withholding food and life-sustaining medication while he was incarcerated. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the district court's judgment, and remand for trial.
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