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02-1390 Perkins v. Lawson

By: dmc-admin//December 9, 2002//

02-1390 Perkins v. Lawson

By: dmc-admin//December 9, 2002//

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“The jail officials in this case took steps to obtain treatment for Perkins. Nurse Walters sent him to the hospital, where twice he was found not to be in serious distress, a finding which seems to be in error. But the fact that jail officials relied on the opinion of the doctors militates against a finding of deliberate indifference on the part of any jail personnel, and especially the sheriff, who was not in actual contact with Perkins. Even if it could be that the guards who saw Perkins during the weekend, when his condition seemed to deteriorate, showed deliberate indifference, as we said that is not relevant to the sec. 1983 suit against the sheriff. The sec. 1983 claim was properly dismissed.”

Affirmed in part, and vacated and remanded in part.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Lee, J., Evans, J.

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