×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Law of Medical Treatment Explained
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1994
by Ed Mead
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1994, page 4
By Ed Mead
Filed under:
Blind Prisoners,
Medical,
Medical Expenses,
Vision,
Eyeglasses,
Damages,
Frivolous Litigation,
Administrative Exhaustion,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Iowa.
Case Goes to Trial Over $12.40 Pair of Glasses
Aprisoner at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), Dean Benter, filed a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment. Benter claimed his captors were deliberately ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Ninth Circuit Approves Oregon Control Unit Conditions, by Paul Wright
- Outgoing Mail May Contain Slander
- Bankruptcy Appeal Filed When Mailed
- Discipline For Rude Letter Struck Down
- WI Prisoners Not Entitled to Minimum Wage
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, by Ed Mead
- Conditions Habeas Requires Administrative Exhaustion
- WA State DOC "Work Ethic" Program: Capitalist Training Camp, or Liberal Rehabilitation Scheme?, by PLG
- Court Declines to Define "Frivolous" Suits
- Exposure to Cold Weather States Claim
- Death Row Prisoners Entitled to Limited Contact Attorney Visits
- Prisoner's Assault Claim Must Go to Trial
- MI Hearing Officers Have Absolute Immunity
- Only One Appeal on Qualified Immunity
- Classification Chief Liable for Attack
- Making Con Drink from Toilet States Claim
- Parole Commission Guidelines Not Ex Post Facto
- Visitor Cannot Withdraw Consent to Search Once Search Has Begun
- Common Law Right to Inspect Court Records
- Nominal Damages in Eighth Amendment Claim Upheld
- No Cause of Action in Reversed Disciplinary Sanction
- "Tough On Crime" Law Increases Michigan Crime Rates
- Reviews
- WA DNA Identification Statute Upheld by District Court
- Editorial, by Ed Mead
- BOP Must Disclose Program Statement
- Weed and Seed: The Fortress Culture, by Christian Parenti
- Disastrous Conditions in Vermont Prisons
- Materials on Prison Rape Survival Available
- Dime Down, by Bill Dunne
More from Ed Mead:
- Class Differences in Crime Control, Feb. 15, 1994
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, Jan. 15, 1994
- Editorial, Jan. 15, 1994
- Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection, Dec. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Nov. 15, 1993
- The Politics of Imprisonment, Nov. 15, 1993
- Prison Slavery Upheld, Again, Oct. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, Sept. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, Sept. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Sept. 15, 1993
More from these topics:
- Over One-Third of Older Texas Prisoners Suffering Cognitive Impairment, July 15, 2025. Geriatric Classification, Medical, Failure to Treat, Elderly Defendants.
- First Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Maine Guards who Ogled Prisoner During Childbirth, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Qualified Immunity, Children of Prisoners.
- $250,000 Verdict for South Carolina Prisoner Pepper-Sprayed in Face Without Cause by Guard, July 15, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity.
- Eighth Circuit Lets Missouri Guard Skate For Placing Avowed Enemies In Same Cell, Resulting In Assault, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity.
- Third Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Pennsylvania DOC in Prisoner’s Challenge to 26 Years of Solitary Confinement, May 1, 2025. Qualified Immunity, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
- Medical Copays Blamed for Reducing Prisoner Access to Healthcare, May 1, 2025. Medical Misconduct, Medical Expenses, Ability to Pay.
- Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Officials Who Forced Prisoner to Work with Broken Surgical Screws in Ankle, May 1, 2025. Prison Labor, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Deliberate Indifference, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Arkansas Jailers Who Ignored Detainee’s Spider Bite, March 1, 2025. Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Missouri Guards in Transgender Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Retaliation and Unreasonable Search, Jan. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Retaliatory Searches, Qualified Immunity, Discrimination (Transgender), Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates, Dec. 15, 2024. Medical, Wrongful Death, Mental Health.