Burrus v. City of Los Angeles

Burrus v. City of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2006) 197 Fed.Appx. 665

In a memorandum decision, the Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s pro se complaint against the County of Los Angeles and one of its jail physicians for negligence and medical malpractice. Resting on an argument made in GMSR’s appellees’ brief, the opinion

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