Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Knox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1995No. 94-2634PublishedCited by 266 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Gene Boyd, a state prisoner, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against various prison officials, alleging deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. Three defendants moved for summary judgment, but the district court denied the motion. Those defendants appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
Boyd alleges that he began suffering pain in his jaw on June 1, 1991. He filed a medical services request and asked to see the prison dentist, Dr. Ronald Knox. On June 16, having received no response, Boyd filed another request. On June 17, after a…
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