Legal Opinion
Cesal v. Moats
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2017No. 15-2562PublishedCited by 2,384 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
While lifting a heavy door at his prison job at the Pekin Correctional Institution on March 21, 2008, Craig J. Cesal heard a “snap” in his back and felt pain in his leg and hip. He promptly sought treatment from the prison’s medical staff, but he was dissatisfied with their response. He alleges that he received only a three-year long medical runaround during which his pain was ignored. Worse, he says, Pekin’s Clinical Director, Dr. Scott Moats, canceled Cesal’s insulin prescription in retaliation for Cesal’s filing of a complaint about the inadequate care for his back.…
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