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Loss of Prisoner's Dentures and Heart Medication Valid Claims

The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit has held that a guard's intentional loss of a prisoner's dentures and heart medication is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as two separate claims for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Sylvester Wynn, an Indiana …

 

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