Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference

By: Derek Hawkins//August 23, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Victor Robinson v. Jolinda Waterman, et al.,

Case No.: 20-1370

Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference

Victor Robinson, a Wisconsin inmate, was given medication belonging to a different inmate, fell ill, and passed out, suffering a concussion in the process. He brought this deliberate‐indifference suit against the prison officials who he believed were responsible for the mix up with the medication. When Robinson failed to respond to defendants’ motion for summary judgment or dispute their version of the events, the district court entered summary judgment against him. Because no reasonable jury could conclude that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to a serious medical risk, we affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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