Legal Opinion
Jocelyn Chatham v. Randy Davis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2016No. 14-3318PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Marvin McDonald died after suffering an asthma attack while he was an inmate at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, an Illinois prison. His estate, administered by Jocelyn Chatham, sued the prison’s warden, Wexford Health Services (a private corporation contracted to run the prison’s healthcare unit), a prison doctor and nurse, and several prison guards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Chatham claimed that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to McDonald’s serious medical needs, violating his rights under the Eighth Amendment. A magistrate judge entered summary judgment for…
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