Clemons v. Wyoming Correctional Facility Medical
District Court, W.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, James E. Clemons (“Clemons”), commenced this action, pro se, against a physician and a nurse at the Wyoming Correctional Facility. Clemons claims that he was denied rights under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution because he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment based on the lack of medical care received by Clemons when he was incarcerated. Defendants have moved to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”),…
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