Legal Opinion
Sherman Petty v. County of Franklin, Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2007No. 06-3552PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Sherman Petty sustained serious injury to his jaw during a fight with other inmates in the Franklin County Correctional Institute. He sued numerous county defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging primarily that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him and by failing to provide him with adequate medical care. In particular, Petty claimed that the County’s delay in allowing him to undergo surgery, and its failure to provide him exclusively with a “soft” diet prior to the surgery, was the direct…
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