Williams v. Ortiz

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-jail officials’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-pre-trial detainee’s section 1983 action alleging that defendants unreasonably denied plaintiff’s request for mattress during day-time hours to accommodate his osteoarthritis condition, as well as violated his due process rights by writing false disciplinary tickets to keep him locked up. Dist. Ct. could properly dismiss his due process claim, since plaintiff had failed to administratively exhaust his administrative remedies, where he never successfully appealed said discipline arising out of said tickets to jail’s administrator as required by jail’s rules. Also, with respect to plaintiff’s medical claim, record showed that defendants diligently attended to plaintiff’s medical needs and adjusted his treatment plan in response to plaintiff’s complaints. Moreover, record established that defendants had provided mattress for his cell, and that plaintiff’s request for second mattress was medically unnecessary.