Brock v. Wright.

• Position: Cases of medical care - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

POLICY/PROCEDURE

Brock v. Wright, 315 F.3d 158 (2nd Cir. 2002). A state prisoner who developed a keloid at the site of a knife wound on his cheek, brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging their failure to adequately treat the keloid constituted deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the officials and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded. The court held that summary judgment was precluded by a genuine issue of material fact as to whether a...