May v. Enomoto

633 F.2d 164 Harold D. MAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry ENOMOTO, Director, California Department of Corrections, Otis Loggins, Superintendent, Correctional Training Facility, Soledad, California; Superintendent Black; State Forestry Camp # 41; Unknown Hospital Staff and Henry J. Broderick, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-2829. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 11, 1980. Decided Nov. 19, 1980. Leroy A. Broun, Fremont, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Wayman M. Robertson, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before KILKENNY and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and CALLISTER, * District Judge. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 On June 7, 1971 appellant May, an inmate of a California state prison was injured while engaged in highway maintenance work. On December 2, 1976 he filed this civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against appellee Procunier, Director of the Department of Corrections, claiming denial of necessary care in deliberate indifference to May's medical needs. Following a jury trial, the district court directed a verdict in favor of the…