Summary Judgment – Jurisdiction

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al.

Case No.: 18-1321

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

Focus: Summary Judgment – Jurisdiction

Lloyd Johnson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various employees and officials of the Milwaukee County Medical Health Complex (“MHC”), MHC itself, Milwaukee County, and the County’s Department of Health and Human Services. His claims center on an incident of substantial self-mutilation that occurred while he was in the care of MHC. Mr. Johnson alleged that the defendants violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights by providing constitutionally inadequate medical care, which led to his self-mutilation. Mr. Johnson also brought claims under Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), in which he alleged that the institutional defendants maintained unconstitutional policies, procedures, and customs that caused his injuries. He further maintained that defendants engaged in a conspiracy to cover up the constitutionally inadequate care. In addition to these federal claims, Mr. Johnson brought associated state-law claims.

The defendants moved for summary judgment, and the district court granted the motion in favor of all defendants on all of Mr. Johnson’s federal claims. It declined to retain jurisdiction over the state-law claims. Mr. Johnson now brings this appeal, challenging only the district court’s decision in favor of two individual defendants: Dr. David Macherey and Nurse Ade George. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

Affirmed

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