Legal Opinion
Wooley v. New York State Department of Correctional Services
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 1, 2010No. 129PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
In this case, we must determine whether the denial of certain medical treatment to an inmate by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) was arbitrary and capricious, or violative of the Eighth Amendment’s proscription against cruel and unusual punishment. We conclude that it was neither.
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Petitioner Robert Wooley has been incarcerated in the custody of DOCS since the late 1980s. Sometime prior to 2001, petitioner was diagnosed with hepatitis C, a viral infection which increases the risk of liver cancer and often leads to cirrhosis of the…
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