Legal Opinion
Wayne Edwards v. Donald N. Snyder, Jr., Director, Michael L. Holmes, Allan Wisely
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 2007No. 04-2458PublishedCited by 350 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Wayne Edwards, an inmate at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Illinois, dislocated his finger while playing basketball on New Year’s Eve 2000. He claims he did not receive proper treatment for almost two days because the prison’s physician was too busy ringing in the new year. Believing the physician and other prison staff showed deliberate indifference to his serious medical condition, Edwards filed a grievance through internal prison channels. When those remedies were exhausted, he filed a complaint in federal court alleging the doctor and other prison officials…
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