Opinion ID: 474610
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Text: 3 Toombs' complaint alleged the following: (1) from August 24 through September 15 of 1984, he felt pain and swelling beneath his right rib cage; (2) starting August 26, 1984, and for the next three weeks Toombs went to sick call daily; (3) Nurse Dixon refused to give Toombs medical treatment at sick call and told him, in Toombs' words: it's only gas move your ass; (4) Dr. Bell told Toombs that nothing was wrong with him; (5) on September 15, 1984, Toombs passed out from pain; and (6) on September 20, 1984, Toombs' gallbladder was removed at Jefferson Regional Medical Center because of gallstones too large to treat. 4 Dixon filed an answer denying the allegations of Toombs' complaint. Bell, asserting lack of jurisdiction, filed a motion to dismiss, which the district court granted. Toombs brought this appeal pro se, and counsel was appointed for him. 5