Johnny Reed v. Oregon Health Sciences University Romera, Jail Doctor Paul Puziss, Doctor Holladay Park Hospital

980 F.2d 738 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Johnny REED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY; Romera, Jail Doctor; Paul Puziss, Doctor; Holladay Park Hospital, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-35530. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 23, 1992. * Decided Dec. 1, 1992. Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Johnny Reed, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (d) dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that various medical doctors joined in a conspiracy to poison him. Reed seeks damages in the amount of twenty million dollars. We review for an abuse of discretion, Denton v. Hernandez, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 1734 (1992), and we affirm. 1 3 An in forma pauperis complaint may be dismissed sua sponte before service of process under section 1915(d) only if it is frivolous. Nietzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 324 (1989); McKeever v.…