William Ray Young v. Ruben Acosta, M.D. Dr. Knobe Arizona State Prison, Tucson

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104 F.3d 366·1996 WL 740860·1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 37719
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 20, 199696-15406California422 words

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104 F.3d 366 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William Ray YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ruben ACOSTA, M.D.; Dr. Knobe; Arizona State Prison, Tucson, Defendants-Appellees. No. 96-15406. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 16, 1996. * Decided Dec. 20, 1996. Before: SNEED, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 William Young, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district courts summary judgment for defendant Dr. Acosta, and the district court's 12(b)(6) dismissal of his claim against defendant Dr. White in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Young contends that the defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by misdiagnosing his medical condition and removing his healthy appendix. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 3 We only have jurisdiction over appeals from final orders. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . Where a district court's order dismisses some, but not all, of the defendants, it is not a final…

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