Legal Opinion
Vazquez v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 21, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-1730PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge
Plaintiff, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, alleges that he was deprived of medical care to treat a “serious burn” he sustained while confined at the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Plaintiff filed this action from the Federal Prison Camp in Edge-field, South Carolina, against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the “Department of Health Care” at MDC. Compl. Caption. Claiming violations of the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eighth Amendment’s proscription against cruel and…
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