Wood v. Sunn

865 F.2d 982 Frank H. WOOD, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Franklin Y.K. SUNN; Edwin Shimoda; William F. Haning III; and Beatrice Chang, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-2056. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 11, 1988. Decided July 27, 1988. Amended Jan. 17, 1989. Steven S. Michaels, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants. Eric A. Seitz and Joan M. Yamaguchi, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SCHROEDER, REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 The appellee Frank H. Wood, a prison inmate at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) in the state of Hawaii, filed an action claiming his eighth amendment rights were violated when certain prison staff and administrators acted with deliberate indifference toward his serious medical needs. Wood, who was born with only one kidney, has a history of urological complications which has required hospitalization before and during his incarceration. 1 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 , Wood sued the…