Gates v. Shinn

98 F.3d 463 1997 A.M.C. 1816 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7660 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12 ,598 Jay Lee GATES; John Ronald Bertram, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ron SHINN; James Rowland; Nadim Khoury, M.D., Assistant Deputy Director--CDC Health Services; Kenneth Shepard, Chief Deputy Warden for CMF Clinical; Nicholas Poulos, M.D., Daniel E. Thor, Chief Physician and Surgeon, CMF; Paul Morentz, Chief Psychiatrist--CMF Outpatient Program; H MD; Bruce Baker; A R MD, Chief Psychiatrist Northern Reception Center; D. Michael O'Connor; Douglas G. Arnold, Acting Director of the California Department of Mental Health; Clyde Murrey, Acting Deputy Director for State Hospitals; Sylvia R.N., Executive Director DMH Vacaville Psychiatric Program; Eddie Ylst, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-17146. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 14, 1995. Decided Oct. 16, 1996. Peter Siggins, Senior Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants. Michael W. Bien, Rosen, Bien & Asaro, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge,…