OLIVAS v. NEVADA EX REL. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 15-17123.

856 F.3d 1281 (2017)

Dario OLIVAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of NEVADA, EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Nicholas Galbiso, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cal. J. Potter III and C.J. Potter III , Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Clark G. Leslie , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety/Litigation Division; Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General; United States Attorney's Office, Carson City, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: Richard R. Clifton and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Thomas O. Rice, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

Dario Olivas, a former prisoner, sued correctional officers and the Nevada Department of Corrections alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment and various state laws for injuries he suffered, and the medical treatment he received, after he was struck by shotgun pellets that officers fired in an attempt to quell an inmate...

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