Legal Opinion
William S. Steele v. Doctor Shah, Mental Health Department, Orange County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1996No. 93-3396PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge:
William Steele appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Dr. Mahendra Shah, in Steele’s action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A prisoner in the Florida state system, Steele alleged that Shah’s discontinuation of prescribed psychotropic medication constituted deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs and so violated his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district court held that the summary judgment record revealed nothing more than a difference of medical opinion between doctor and…
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