O'Neal

O'Neal v. Carey

Good Law
914 F.2d 263·1990 WL 136636
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 21, 199036-3California355 words

Opinion

Opinion

914 F.2d 263 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Louis Butler O'NEAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. CAREY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 89-15938. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 18, 1990. * Decided Sept. 21, 1990. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and HUG and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 Louis Butler O'Neal, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in O'Neal's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. We review de novo, Kruso v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp., 872 F.2d 1416 , 1421 (9th Cir.1989), and affirm. 2 Here, the district court correctly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment. O'Neal's amended complaint alleged that on July 24, 1987, he suffered a heart attack and that defendant Carey, a prison nurse, denied him medical treatment. O'Neal further alleged that nurse Carey failed to provide him with nitroglycerin tablets prescribed by…

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