Legal Opinion
John Evans v. Susan Griffin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2019No. 17-1957PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, Chief Judge.
*1044 John Evans is a state prisoner and, unquestionably, not a healthy man. His most recent malady is the subject of this lawsuit. Evans alleges that he developed nasal polyps and that the prison medical staff refused to authorize surgery-the only effective remedy-for him. Frustrated within the prison, he brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court never reached the merits of that claim, however, because it dismissed Evans's case with prejudice as a discovery sanction. Dr. Francis Kayira, one of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Alan Kress v. CCA of Tennessee, LLCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
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