Legal Opinion
Williams v. Cearlock
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided February 10, 1998No. 96-3003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.
Willie Williams — a state prisoner — has brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
He claims that the defendants — correctional officials and health care providers at the Graham Correctional Center — violated the plaintiffs constitutional rights by acting with deliberate indifference to his medical needs.
More specifically, he alleges that “systematic deficiencies” in the prison’s medical procedures frequently resulted in his going without his prescribed medication; that nurses sometimes dispensed medication at the wrong hour, thereby…
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