Legal Opinion
Diego Gil v. James Reed, Jaime Penaflor, and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2004No. 02-1823PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Diego Gil, a federal prisoner, sued a prison doctor, a physician’s assistant and the United States for negligence, malpractice and deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court declined his request for the appointment of counsel to assist him in his claims and subsequently granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on all claims. We reverse in part and vacate and remand in part.
I
On review of this motion for summary judgment, we construe the facts in a light most favorable to Diego Gil, the…
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