United States Seventh Circuit

In claims for deliberate indifference to an inmate's medical needs, qualified immunity in favor of correctional facility doctors was proper where failures were at most negligent; claim for deliberately inadequate treatment is actionable based on a nurse's refusal to administer prescribed pain medication.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/26/2001
• Decided 06/18/2002
• Published 06/18/2002

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara J. Clinite (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary E. Walsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.