Massey v. Helman

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

A prisoner and a prison doctor join together to bring this case.

It must be dismissed.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Michael Massey is a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Facility in Pekin, Illinois (“Pekin Facility” or “Pekin”). He contends that he .did not receive proper treatment for a hernia and that this improper treatment constituted a denial of his Eighth Amendment right to receive adequate medical care. He specifically contends that three policies of the Bureau of Prisons resulted in his inadequate medical care. 1

Plaintiff John Otten was a…