Bolling v. Carter

Dist. Ct. erred in granting portion of defendants-prison officials’ motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff-pre-trial detainee of his due process rights under 14^th Amendment by being deliberately indifference to his acute medical need by refusing to assign him lower bunk in prison cell that resulted in plaintiff having to sleep on cell floor for remainder of his incarceration and aggravating his injuries. Record showed that plaintiff had obtained lower bunk assignment from doctor, and record contained question of material fact as to whether instant defendants had knowledge of said assignment.