Legal Opinion
Ross v. Kelly
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 5, 1992No. Civ. 84-1410LPublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a prison inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections (DOCS). The plaintiff, Joseph Allen Ross, claims that the numerous defendants — all present or former employees of the Department of Corrections — failed to attend to his medical needs. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that defendants demonstrated deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
This action was…
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