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PORRETTI v. DZURENDA

No. 20-16111.

11 F.4th 1037 (2021)

Wayne A. PORRETTI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James DZURENDA, Nevada State Prison Director; Linda Fox, Nevada Director of Pharmacy; Brian Williams, Warden; Bob Faulkner; Rio Manalong; Francis Oakman; Perry Russell; Alberto Buencamino, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General; D. Randall Gilmer , Chief Deputy Attorney General; Frank A. Toddre II , Senior Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.

Jason C. Makris , Makris Legal Services LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Samuel Weiss , Rights Behind Bars, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Mary H. Murguia and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Joan H. Lefkow, District Judge.

OPINION

This case involves Plaintiff-Appellee Wayne Porretti's Eighth Amendment right to receive adequate medical care while incarcerated. Porretti received medication to treat his serious mental illnesses long before he was incarcerated in Nevada. Without the recommendation of a health-care provider, the Nevada...

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