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ALEXANDER v. NGUYEN

No. 22-55588.

78 F.4th 1140 (2023)

Surie ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dau V. NGUYEN, M.D., in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 25, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zulu Ali (argued), Law Office of Zulu Ali, Riverside, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas M. McMahon (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Donna M. Dean , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Pamela L. Holmes , Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , California Attorney General; California Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., David F. Hamilton, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

While plaintiff Surie Alexander was a pretrial detainee and a patient at Patton State Hospital in California, he was twice attacked by a fellow patient. He sued Dr. Dau Nguyen, the psychiatrist in charge of his unit, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for injuries from the second attack, alleging that Dr. Nguyen...

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