Dixon

Dixon v. Berryhill

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaSeptember 30, 20194:18-cv-03483California8,043 words

Opinion

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I. BACKGROUND

21 A. Factual Background 22 Plaintiff was born in 1972 and has been homeless since 2003 or earlier. Administrative 23 Record (“AR”) 1515, 1747. He has never held a long-term job. AR 344–45. 24 1. Plaintiff’s Medical Condition 25 Plaintiff alleges that he suffers physical and mental injuries after being shot in the head in 26 27 1 1994 and shot in the buttocks in 2008. AR 155, 1516, 1677. Plaintiff alleges he suffers chronic 2 pain and fecal incontinence and uses heroin “as a coping strategy to take away the pain.” AR 153, 3 156, 1524, 1528, 1532, 1535. Plaintiff also alleges that he suffers from asthma and has had at 4 least one panic attack related to his difficulty breathing. AR 150. In 2015, he was hospitalized 5 overnight for hypoxemic respiratory failure. AR 1396. Plaintiff further alleges that he suffers 6 from post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”), insomnia, nightmares, psychotic disorder, paranoia, 7 depression, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AR 360. 8 2. Plaintiff’s Physicians 9 a. Mchecko Graves-Matthews, M.D. 10 In 2015, while Plaintiff was incarcerated, Dr. Graves-Matthews…

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