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WAKEFIELD v. THOMPSON

No. 96-16323.

177 F.3d 1160 (1999)

Timothy E. WAKEFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John THOMPSON, Parole Agent; James Gomez, Director, California Department of Corrections; Daniel Vasquez, ex-Warden, San Quentin Prison; John Dupre, Staff Psychiatrist, San Quentin Prison; and John Doe, Correctional Officer, San Quentin Prison, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Wakefield, pro se, Vacaville, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce M. Slavin, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: KRAVITCH, REINHARDT, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Timothy Wakefield appeals the district court's dismissal of his § 1983 action against John Doe, a correctional officer at San Quentin Prison. Wakefield alleges that Doe violated his Eighth Amendment rights by refusing to provide him with prescription psychotropic medication upon his release from prison. He asserts that Doe exhibited deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Because we find that Wakefield has stated a cause...

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