Legal Opinion
Nails v. LaPlante
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 26, 2009No. Case 3:07-cv-1017 (SRU)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge.
Johnny Nails, currently confined at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, commenced this civil rights action pro se pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Nails alleges that the defendants, Drs. Sharron Laplante and James McKenna, were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs and violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, defendants’ motion is granted.
I. Standard of Review
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