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Tennessee: Federal Court Orders Interim Medical Care in Prisoner’s Pro Se Suit
Loaded on Feb. 29, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2016, page 34
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Private Contractors,
Gastrointestinal,
Failure to Treat.
Location:
Tennessee.
Following an evidentiary hearing on November 15, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes, Jr. ordered Tennessee prison officials to provide medication to a prisoner with a severe case of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) until he could be seen by a specialist.
Robert Z. Whipple III, a state prisoner ...
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