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Author:  Margaret R.  Moreland, J.D., M.S.L.S..


Source: Volume 02, Number 01, November/December 2000 , pp.11-13(3)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

The Unnecessary Infliction of Pain is Proscribed by the Eighth Amendment. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 110 Stat. 1321 (1995), 28 U.S.C. 1915, has provided the means for the dismissal of many prisoner lawsuits that are frivolous, malicious or that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. However there are still many complaints by prisoners that cannot be so easily dismissed on these grounds. Prison Regulations May Not Link One Form of Treatment to the Acceptance of Another Procedure as Well. Duane Harrison was a prisoner at a state correctional facility when he made repeated requests – in the procedurally correct manner – to see a dentist because one of his teeth was causing him pain. Prison Dentists Need Not Worry About Inadvertently Discarding Dental Gold Belonging to a Prisoner, at Least in the Tenth Circuit. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals seemed to have very little patience with the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in Smith V. Greifinger. The Duty to Preserve the Privacy of Medical Records is Extended to Probation Officers. In 1993 Frederick Herring told Kathleen Keenan, his federal probation officer, that he had recently taken an HIV test because he thought he might be infected.

Keywords: Harris v. Hegmann, broken jaw, oral surgery, Harrison v. Barkley, Milburn v. Nelson, keloid scars

Affiliations:  1: Pace University School of Law Library.

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