The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that psychologist Dau Nguyen was not responsible for attacks by one of his patients against another.
Surie Alexander filed his case July 24, 2019. He said he was placed at Patton State Hospital after being declared mentally incompetent in the time leading up to a criminal trial.
On April 24, 2017, another patient struck Alexander multiple times on the left side of his face. On May 10, 2017, that patient struck Alexander again, on the right side of his face.
Alexander was transferred to a different unit May 17, 2017. On Jan. 3, 2018, he was found competent to stand trial. By
