On April 27, 1989, Michael Gonzales, a prisoner of the state of California, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff asked the court to award him injunctive relief ...
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On April 27, 1989, Michael Gonzales, a prisoner of the state of California, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff asked the court to award him injunctive relief and damages for the defendants' failure to provide him with supervised physical therapy, arguing that the deprivation amounted to deliberate indifference to his medical needs.
On March 6, 1991, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Charles Legge) granted the plaintiff a preliminary injunction requiring the defendants to provide him with physical therapy. On June 12, 1992, the court (Judge Legge) entered summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, awarding him damages in the amount of one dollar. On July 9, 1992, both parties appealed.
On June 26, 1995, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Judge Mary Schroeder, Judge Robert Beezer, and Judge David Thompson) affirmed the district court's opinion. Gonzales v. Gomez, 1995 WL 378781 (9th Cir.(Cal.) June 26, 1995).
Kristen Sagar - 03/31/2006
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