Legal Opinion
Lavarita D. Meriwether v. Gordon H. Faulkner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 1987No. 86-1144PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, 1 currently an inmate at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City and previously at the Indiana State Reformato ry in Pendleton, 2 brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the available medical care and the conditions of confinement in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Named as defendants are Gordon Faulkner, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections; Norman Owen, Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton; Han Chul Choi, M.D., Medical Director at the Pendleton institution; and two other officials of the Indiana…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by211 opinions
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