Eighth Amendment Violation – Lack of Medical Care

By: Derek Hawkins//July 18, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Daniel Proctor v. Kul Sood, et al.

Case No.: 16‐1942

Officials: POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Eighth Amendment Violation – Lack of Medical Care

Daniel Proctor, an Illinois prisoner who was confined for seven years at Hill Correctional Center, suffers from chronic abdominal pain and spasms in his colon. He sued a number of medical providers working at Hill for Wexford Health Sources—the contractor providing healthcare to Illinois prisoners—as well as several corrections officials, claiming that they violated the Eighth Amendment by not ordering a colonoscopy and endoscopy to diagnose his persistent abdominal pain. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. We affirm that decision.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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