8th Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//September 18, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Donald Charles Wilson v. Lori Adams, et al.

Case No.: 16-1889

Officials: RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 8^th Amendment Violation

Since entering the custody of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in 2009, Donald Wilson has sought medical treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, neck and throat pain, and difficulty breathing and swallowing. He alleges that medical staff at Oshkosh Correctional Institution were deliberately indifferent in their treatment of these ailments in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court, however, found that no reasonable jury could find that the doctors were deliberately indifferent. We agree and affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

Affirmed

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