Legal Opinion
Duckworth v. Ahmad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 14, 2008No. 07-3618PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Gregg L. Duckworth is an inmate in the Centraba Correctional Facility in southern Ilhnois and, sadly, in early 2001 a doctor diagnosed him with bladder cancer. This diagnosis came after sixteen months of treatment for gross hematuria — a condition that involves the emission of blood in the urine — by two different doctors, Maher K. Ahmad and Francis Kayira. After his diagnosis, Duckworth filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that both doctors were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs and thus violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The parties…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Armond Norfleet v. Thomas Webster and Alejandro HaddedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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