Legal Opinion
Evans v. Bonner
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 27, 2002No. CV 01-1131(ADS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This case presents a situation involving an inmate with the HIV virus who asserts that he has been denied needed medical aid.
On February 26, 2001, the plaintiff Lamont Evans filed this action alleging civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, stating that he was deprived of medical care for a serious medical condition. The plaintiff asserts that this failure to furnish medical care violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and inhuman punishment.
Specifically, the plaintiffs complaint with regard to the denial of…
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