Joseph H. Norton v. E.U. Dimazana, M.D. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1997-09-22

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EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge: Texas prisoner Joseph Norton appeals the district court’s dismissal as frivolous of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that the deliberate indifference of the prison staff to his medical needs violated his Eighth Amendment rights. He also asserts that the fee…

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