Legal Opinion
Roe v. Elyea
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 2011No. 09-1723, 09-2107PublishedCited by 577 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Edward Roe, Anthony Stasiak, Timothy Stephen and Jonathan Walker are current and former inmates of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) who were diagnosed with hepatitis C during or prior to their time in IDOC custody. After unsuccessful attempts to obtain certain medical services for their disease while incarcerated, they brought this action against Dr. Willard Elyea, the former Medical Director of IDOC. 1 The plaintiffs alleged that the diagnostic and treatment protocols for IDOC inmates with hepatitis C displayed deliberate indifference to their serious…
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