Pinkston v. Mississippi Department of Corrections

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION CHAZ PINKSTON PLAINTIFF V. NO. 4:17-CV-39-DMB-DAS MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER On March 30, 2021, this Court, following a four-day evidentiary hearing, issued an order finding that Dr. Hendrick Kuiper, the Medical Director at the Mississippi State Penitentiary hospital, violated the due process rights of inmate Chaz Pinkston when he ordered that Pinkston be forcibly medicated with Haldol and Benadryl. Doc. #341. But because Pinkston failed to establish a causal…