Wilson v. Adams

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-prison officials’ motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s medical/mental health needs, with respect to his requested treatment for his dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as his neck and throat pain and his difficulty in swallowing. Defendants sent plaintiff to mental health specialists who determined that plaintiff was not suffering from either dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, and thus plaintiff could not establish any 8^th Amendment violation based on these alleged conditions. Moreover, defendants worked with or sent plaintiff to six specialists regarding his other medical conditions, which precluded finding that defendants were deliberately indifferent with respect to said medical conditions. Ct. further rejected plaintiff’s claim that one defendant improperly failed to abide by recommendation of one of specialist regarding condition of plaintiff’s hand, where plaintiff could not show that said defendant’s continuation of pain medication for plaintiff’s hand was substantial departure from accepted professional judgment.