Byrd v. Wilson

In this Section 1983 prisoner complaint, the inmate challenges the prison medical staff’s failure to give him adequate medical treatment. The district court dismissed the complaint as frivolous and the inmate appealed. Upon review of the appellant’s claim, we reverse.

Plaintiff-appellant instituted this action by filing a Section 1983 complaint in which he alleged that the prison administration and personnel exhibited deliberate indifference to his medical problems. The incidents that gave rise to appellant’s claim began in June 1980 when he began to experience stomach trouble during his…