O'GUINN v. LOVELOCK CORRECTIONAL CENTER

No. 06-15972.

502 F.3d 1056 (2007)

Roy Alan O'GUINN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOVELOCK CORRECTIONAL CENTER; Nevada Department of Corrections; Nevada Department of Corrections Medical Director; State of Nevada; Jackie Crawford; E.K. McDaniel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett W. Johnson, Rhonda Needham, Anne Bishop, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney General; Melanie A. Potter, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for the appellees.

Before: CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Roy Allen O'Guinn is a Nevada state prisoner who has sued prison officials claiming they denied him accommodation and treatment for his mental illness. The district court dismissed the suit pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e et seq., for O'Guinn's failure to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. O'Guinn appealed. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

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