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Denial of Medical Diet States Claim
Loaded on March 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1997, page 7
A federal district court in New York held that a prisoner who was denied a high fiber diet after undergoing a colostomy had stated a claim requiring a trial to resolve.
Filed under:
Medical,
Respiratory,
Gastrointestinal,
Food,
Eighth Amendment,
Supervisory Liability,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
New York.
John Mandala is a New York state prisoner who had the misfortune of getting sick in prison on a …
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