Harper v. Santos

Nathaniel Harper an Illinois prisoner sued a prison doctor, Venerio Santos, and nurse, Terri Dean, for deliberate indifference towards his pain following nine abdominal surgeries, the management of his diet, and inattention to a possible renal cell tumor. See 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, concluding that Harper had not produced evidence from which a jury could find that either defendant ignored a substantial risk of harm. We affirm.

Harper, a prisoner at the Centralia Correctional Center, was seen by a nurse at the health center on December…