Wheeler v. Talbot

In section 1983 action by plaintiff-prisoner alleging that defendant-prison medical director was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s medical needs that concerned an alleged stomach infection, as well as certain keloids on his body, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying plaintiff’s request for issuance of preliminary injunction that would have required defendant to immediately refer plaintiff to “suitable doctor.” Laboratory results supplied by plaintiff indicated that plaintiff did not have stomach infection, and medical records indicated that plaintiff’s keloids were small and were being treated by prison doctors. (Dissent filed.)