Legal Opinion
West v. Atkins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1988No. 87-5096PublishedCited by 17,367 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case presents the question whether a physician who is under contract with the State to provide medical services to inmates at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis acts “under color of state law,” within the meaning of 42 U. S. C. § 1983, when he treats an inmate.
Petitioner, Quincy West, tore his left Achilles tendon in 1983 while playing volleyball at Odom Correctional Center, the Jackson, N. C., state prison in which he was incarcerated. A physician under contract to provide medical care to Odom inmates examined petitioner and directed that he be *44transferred to Raleigh for…
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