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WEST v. ATKINS

No. 87-5096.

487 U.S. 42 (1988)

108 S.Ct. 2250

101 L.Ed.2d 40

WEST v. ATKINS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Stein argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Richard E. Giroux.

Jacob L. Safron, Special Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Lacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General.*

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether a physician who is under contract with the State to provide medical services to inmates at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis acts "under color of state law," within the meaning of 42 U. S. C. § 1983, when he treats an inmate.

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Petitioner, Quincy West, tore his left Achilles tendon in 1983 while playing volleyball at Odom Correctional Center...

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