Willie Smart v. Romeo Villar, Chief Medical Officer, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · Decided 1976-12-30

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SETH, Circuit Judge. The appellant, Willie Smart, a Kansas state prisoner, commenced by a pro se complaint this Civil Rights action ( 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ) against the physician at the state prison. Plaintiff-appellant asserted that he was denied proper medical care in that he should have had a diagnosis and testing at a medical facility outside…

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