Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit October 29, 1970, 24397 (Antoine J. Mayfield, Jr. v. Walter E. Craven, Warden)

PER CURIAM:

Appellant filed suit in district court for damages under the Civil Rights Act, alleging that he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by the failure of prison medical authorities to

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afford proper medical treatment. Relying on Stiltner v. Rhay, 371 F.2d 420 (9th Cir.