Legal Opinion
Sowers v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 28, 2015No. Case No. 1:14-cv-177PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
This is an FTCA1 medical malpractice claim brought by a federal inmate who alleges that the medical care he received while incarcerated at FCC Petersburg failed to meet the requisite standard of care. Plaintiff filed this action pro se, and following service of the initial complaint, defendant requested that plaintiff provide certification that he had obtained a written expert opinion pursuant to the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act (“VMMA”). When plaintiff responded that he had not yet obtained such a certification, defendant filed a motion…
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