Legal Opinion
Calvin Whiting v. Wexford Health Sources, Incorp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 12, 2016No. 15-1647PublishedCited by 624 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
While serving a probation-revocation sentence in an Illinois prison, Calvin Whiting fell ill with what turned out to be a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A prison doctor initially diagnosed an infection and prescribed antibiotics and nonprescription pain relievers. It was not until two months later that the doctor ordered a biopsy and the cancer was discovered.
Whiting filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the prison doctor and the prison’s private medical provider alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs during the two…
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