Allah v. White

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered March 11, 1997 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents denying his request for medical treatment.

Our review discloses that the denial of dermatological treatment for the facial keloids (scars) of petitioner, a prison inmate, was not arbitrary and capricious nor did it violate his constitutional rights. To establish an unconstitutional denial of medical care for an inmate under the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution, it…