STEWART v. ARANAS

No. 20-15586.

32 F.4th 1192 (2022)

Lewis STEWART, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Romeo ARANAS; James Cox; Francisco M. Sanchez; Brian E. Williams, Defendants-Appellants, and Cheryl Burson; S.L. Clark; James E. Dzurenda; Angie Jones; Sean Su; State of Nevada, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Andrew M. Lagomarsino (argued), Lagomarsino Law, Henderson, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge Christen.


OPINION

Mere disagreement with a medical treatment plan is not deliberate indifference. But continuation of the same treatment in the face of obvious failure is. Lewis Stewart alleges just that: prison officials, despite numerous complaints over a period of years and a visibly deteriorating condition, ignored his...

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