Crouch v. Allen, 2100279 (ala.civ.app. 7-22-2011)

On August 25, 2010, Douglas Crouch, an inmate at the Elmore Correctional Facility (“the ECF”), filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court a petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing Richard Allen (“the commissioner”), Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”);1 Leeposey Daniels (“the warden”), Warden of the ECF; and Correctional Medical Services (“CMS”), an entity that provides medical services to inmates pursuant to a contract with ADOC, to provide Crouch with adequate medical treatment, to provide him with meaningful access to the courts, to stop collecting medical…