Legal Opinion
Shedrick L. King v. Weldon Cooke, Robert Doster, Charles Bloomer, Tim Todd, and Various Unknown Physicians and Surgeons, Wishard Memorial Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1994No. 93-2649PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
During a riot at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana on April 21-22, 1986, emergency squad guards used “artillery simulation devices” to subdue prisoners. Inmate Shedrick King, who was locked in his cell the entire time and did not participate in the uprising, claimed his eyes were injured from the gas used by the prison guards. A lockdown went into effect after the uprising and King was not permitted to see a doctor for nearly a month despite repeated requests. His right eye was subsequently removed and vision in his left eye is impaired.
In 1987, King…
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