Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-prison doctors’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-prisoner’s section 1983 action alleging that said doctors were deliberately indifferent to pain he experienced after he had undergone surgery on his ankle, where, according to plaintiff, said defendants altered his schedule to receive pain medication that resulted in him not getting timely doses of said medication. Record showed that defendant prison health manager was unaware of either plaintiff’s treatment or her ability to intervene in it, and other doctors, who either based initial pain medicine dose on medical judgment or revised pain medicine order, did not know either that said change would cause plaintiff serious harm, or that plaintiff would incur delays in receiving said medication. However, Dist. Ct. erred in granting summary judgment for defendant-prison nurse, where there was factual dispute regarding whether on three occasions said defendant ignored plaintiff’s pain complaints and/or failed to consult prison doctor when plaintiff reported extreme pain after his original medication had run out.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Prisoners