United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of complaint alleging an unconstitutional denial of medical care for a glaucoma condition is reversed as to Bivens claims against defendant prison officials, where plaintiff properly alleged that they knew of his medical needs but nevertheless ordered his transfer to a facility where he received no medication.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2006
• Published 11/29/2006

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judge, and PRESKA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon Romberg, Kathryn Diehm, Adam Wells, Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Social Justice;  Newark, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellant Rodney Thomas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard E. Rosberger, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York;  New York, NY, for Appellees Mark Glover, Gregory Parks, Ulises Vargas, Scott Seeley-Hacker, John Sieder, John Ryan, Brad Clemmer, Greg Conners, Tom Cielecy, Richard Jones, and Steven Woodland.