Roy D. Moraga v. Dr. George Kaiser

28 F.3d 107 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roy D. MORAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. George KAISER, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16911. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 24, 1994. * Decided June 8, 1994. Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Roy D. Moraga, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. Moraga contends that defendants Dr. George Kaiser, Medical Director for the Nevada Department of Prisons; Dr. James Potter; Arthur Hardy, Senior Psychologist/Ely State Prison; and Ron Angelone, Director of the Nevada Department of Prisons violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by failing to respond to his demand for knee surgery. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 3 We review de novo the district…