Legal Opinion
Steven M. Desrosiers v. John J. Moran
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 15, 1991No. 90-2121PublishedCited by 379 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Steven M. DesRosiers is an inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), Cranston, Rhode Island (a state prison). Invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), DesRosiers sued eight state actors in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. 1 His principal contention was that the defendants failed to furnish him adequate medical care during his incarceration, thereby violating the Eighth Amendment (applicable to state actors by means of the Fourteenth Amendment). After a bench trial at which DesRo-siers represented himself, the…
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