Calvin Rodrigue v. Morehouse Detention Center, et
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Nurse Dana Grayson and Lieutenant Brad Fife appeal a district court’s judgment in favor of Calvin Rodrigue in his civil rights action against them, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a bench trial, the district court held that Grayson and Fife violated Rodrigue’s Eighth Amendment rights through their deliberate indifference to his medical condition, which led to serious injury when his ruptured appendix went untreated. The court held that neither Grayson nor Fife was entitled to qualified immunity and awarded Rodrigue general compensatory damages, court costs, and interest. We…
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