JETT v. PENNER

No. 04-15882.

439 F.3d 1091 (2006)

Lance JETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. PENNER, D. Peterson, and Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Riebli and Kelly A. Woodruff, Farella, Braun, and Martel, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the appellant.

Catherine Woodbridge, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramentc, CA, for the appellees.

Before TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD F. SHEA, District Judge.


SHEA, District Judge.

Plaintiff Lance Jett, who fractured his right thumb while housed in California State Prison-Sacramento ("CSP-Sacramento"), brought this action against prison doctors, M. Penner and Douglas Peterson, and Warden Cheryl Pliler, alleging Defendants (1) violated his constitutional rights by being deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment and (2) violated California Government Code § 845.6 by failing...

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