Legal Opinion
Blank v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 19, 2016No. 14-11135PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Travis Hunter Blank, federal prisoner # 16486-078, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against Linda Bell, a nurse at the Rockwall County Jail, alleging she was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs (Crohn’s disease and a preexisting neck injury), while he was a pretrial detainee at the jail. The district court granted Nurse-Bell’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity.
Although he had assistance of counsel in district court, Blank proceeds pro se on appeal. In challenging the summary judg*447ment against four of his deliberate-indifference…
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