Legal Opinion
Scott v. Clarke
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 20, 2014No. Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-00036PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, all prisoners residing at Flu-vanna Correctional Center for Women (“FCCW”), a facility of the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections (the ‘VDOC”), filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Defendants1 violated Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment to be free from cruel and unusual. punishment. Plaintiffs assert that FCCW fails to provide adequate medical care and that Defendants are deliberately indifferent to this failure. Plaintiffs request a declaratory judgment and…
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