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Christmas v. Doctor Rodriguez

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided September 3, 2021No. 8:17-cv-01183Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION RICKEY LEE CHRISTMAS, Plaintiff, v. Case No: 8:17-cv-1183-KKM-SPF LUIS RODRIGUEZ-COLON and MARGIE GOMEZ, Defendants. ____________________________________ ORDER Under current Supreme Court precedent, an inmate may bring an Eighth Amendment claim if he has experienced inadequate medical treatment that rises to the level of deliberate indifference. The plaintiff here, Rickey Christmas, brought such a claim arising from his time at the Polk County Jail. Prior to his detention there, Christmas sustained a close-range gunshot…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Bingham v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
  4. Dean Effarage Farrow v. Dr. WestCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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