Summary
A sick inmate's 8th Amendment violation claim failed on Friday because he fell short of showing his doctor acted with deliberate indifference when treating his Hepatitis C virus, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined.
The inmate, Jerry Bender, alleged his physician, Dr. Eugene Regier, violated his 8th Amendment rights by not treating him with a Hepatitis C medication called interferon prior to his release from the South Dakota State Penitentiary.See the full content of this document
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Inmate's 8th Amendment Claim Halted by 8th Circuit
The 8th Circuit's decision reverses a district court's denial of the doctor's motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds.
Given the uncontroverted evidence that Dr. Regier treated Bender's HCV co...See the full content of this document
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