Legal Opinion
Michael Massey and John Otten, M.D. v. David Helman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2000No. 99-1459PublishedCited by 394 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Michael Massey, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pekin, Illinois, brought this lawsuit under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971) against federal prison officials for allegedly violating his rights under the Eighth Amendment by denying him surgical care for a hernia. One of the prison’s staff physicians, Dr. John Otten, M.D., recommended that Massey have the hernia surgically repaired, but after making this recommendation, was fired from his job. After being…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by394 opinions
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