United States Ninth Circuit

In a section 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations, judgment in favor of defendants is reversed where the admission of hearsay testimony was prejudicial and defense counsel misstated the standard for deliberate indifference.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2003
• Decided 10/30/2003
• Published 10/30/2003

Judges

• Before:  ALARĆON, GOULD, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ben Wizner,ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Mitchell, and Aileen Miller, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, WA, for the defendants-appellees.