Bernier v. Obama

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) JEAN-GABRIEL BERNIER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 16-cv-00828 (APM) ) DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Jean-Gabriel Bernier, a federal prisoner, brought this action against the Federal Defendants 1 alleging, among other things, that the Federal Bureau of Prisons violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to prescribe him the drug…