FIERRO v. SMITH

No. 19-16786.

39 F.4th 640 (2022)

Jose Abel FIERRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Keith SMITH, Security Operations Administrator at Phoenix Division Director's Office; Marlene Coffey; Pruett, D.W.; L. Forester, D.W.; Rose Sanders; Panann Days; Ryan W. Brower, P.A.; Nash; Zoran Vukcevic, Defendants-Appellees, and Charles L. Ryan; Greg Fizer, Deputy Warden at Florence Central Unit; Juli Jackson; Phillis Wiggin, Correctional Officer (C.O.) IV/Classification Administrator at Florence Complex; M. Espinoza, C.O. IV/Grievance Coordinator at Central Unit-Florence; S. Anderson, C.O. IV/Grievance Coordinator at Central Unit-Florence; M. Stephan, #2360/C.O. III at Central Unit-Florence; Thomas Charles Horne, Attorney General; Michael Thompson, Medical Doctor at Central Unit-Florence; Ghetts, Nursing Supervisor at Central Unit-Florence Complex; Etta Thurman, Medical Records Librarian/Custodian at Central Unit-Florence; RICHARD PRATT, Director, Division of Health Services; Badilla, # 4389/C.O. III; Michael McCarville, Deputy Warden/Rast Unit-Lewis Complex; Houze, C.O. II; Molera, C.O. II; Piotrowsky, Sergeant; M. Barrera, Grievance Coordinator/C.O. IV; Stacey Crabtree; Carey Tucker, Physician Assistant; Morales, Nursing Supervisor; Theodore, G.C./C.O. IV; B. Rajas, Facility Health Administrator/Corizon; Merchant, Medical Doctor; Central Office Pain Management Committee, including Doe defendants 1-4; Stark, C.O. III; Miller, N.S. Medical; Elsie Stowell, F.H.A. Corizon; Gene Greeley, F.H.A.; M. Thompson, M.D.; J. Mattos, G.C./C.O. IV; M. Harvey, F.H.A.; Lundberg, D.W.; Zoran Vukcovic; East; Quintero; Luen; Malachinski; Rioochi; Shruff; Brown; Lacrone; Shuster; B. Ochoa, Deputy Warden, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Girton (argued), Meaghan VerGow , and Rachel A. Chung , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Craig McAllister , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, New York; Melissa C. Cassell , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph E. Dylo (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for State Defendants-Appellees.

Patrick Nish Arndt (argued), Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; J. Scott Conlon , Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros PA, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees Ryan W. Brower and Zoran Vukcevic.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge.


OPINION

Jose Abel Fierro, a prisoner in his sixties with numerous chronic health conditions, appeals from a judgment following an adverse jury verdict on his claim that six employees of the Arizona Department of Corrections (collectively, "Defendants") violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect him from...

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