United States First Circuit

Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit by a prisoner alleging insufficient health care is affirmed where: 1) the prisoner failed to exhaust administrative remedies; 2) complaints against facilities and doctors alleged only negligence and not constitutional violation; and 3) state claims were properly dismissed upon failure of federal claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2006
• Published 04/19/2006

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Joel Finkel, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• T. David Plourde, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellees.