Saxon v. ATTICA MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Ernest Saxon, appearing pro se, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), alleges that his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution have been violated through deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs during his confinement at Attica Correctional Facility (“Attica”). The gist of plaintiffs claim is that he suffers from lupus, that he was prescribed certain medications by DOCS…