Bernier v. Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) JEAN-GABRIEL BERNIER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 16-cv-00828 (APM) ) JEFF ALLEN, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. Plaintiff Jean-Gabriel Bernier, a federal prisoner, is suing Defendant Jeff Allen, Chief Physician for the Bureau of Prisons, for violating his Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiff claims that, in December 2015, Defendant unconstitutionally denied him Harvoni, an antiviral drug that effectively cures Hepatitis C. The…