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Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Medical Neglect Case;
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2005, page 40
District Court Abused Discretion in Denying Counsel
Filed under:
Pain,
Gastrointestinal,
Eyeglasses,
Appointment of Counsel,
Expert Witnesses,
Federal Statutory Law,
Federal Tort Claims Act.
Location:
Wisconsin.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's denial of the appointment of counsel to a prisoner. The court also vacated the grant of summary judgment to prison officials on medical malpractice and deliberate indifference claims.
Federal prisoner Diego Gil suffers …
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