Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Plymouth Ambulance Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2009No. 06-4260PublishedCited by 1,538 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Angel Rodriguez, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Plymouth Ambulance Service, St. Agnes Hospital, Waupun Memorial Hospital and various Plymouth employees. Mr. Rodriguez claims that the medical providers, while acting under col- or of state law, violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment by exhibiting deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court, screening the complaint under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b)(1), dismissed the case for failure to state a…
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