Murray Eugene Fields, II v. Robert McCannally

50 F.3d 14 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Murray Eugene FIELDS, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert McCANNALLY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-15460. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 17, 1995. * Decided March 20, 1995. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Fields appeals the district court's summary judgment for probation officer Robert McCannally in Field's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action for alleged violations of his Eighth Amendment rights while on parole. Fields' complaint asserts that McCannally was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and usual punishment by ordering him to stop medical treatment for manic-depression. The district court concluded that: (1) Fields failed to state a Sec. 1983 claim; and (2) even if Fields' complaint stated a cognizable claim, he failed to present sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of…