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EDISON v. U.S.

Nos. 14-15472, 14-17546.

822 F.3d 510 (2016)

Gregory EDISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; The Geo Group, Inc.; Management and Training Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Richard Nuwintore, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee, and Management & Training Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian M. Wallach (argued) and Jason K. Feldman (argued), Feldman & Wallach, Venice, CA; Mark A. Ozello and Suzy E. Lee , Arias Ozzello & Gignac, LLP, Raymond P. Boucher and Hermez Moreno , Boucher LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Alyson A. Berg (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, and Benjamin B. Wagner , United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Fresno, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

No appearance for Defendants-Appellees The GEO Group, Inc. and Management & Training Corp.

Before: A. WALLACE TASHIMA and WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT W. GETTLEMAN, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

Plaintiffs are two prisoners housed at Taft Correctional Institution ("Taft"), the only federally-owned and contractor-operated prison in the country. In 2003, Taft was struck by an outbreak of coccidioidomycosis ("cocci"), colloquially referred to as "Valley Fever." In most individuals, cocci manifests...

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