Brown v. Johnson.

• Position: SAFETY AND SECURITY - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

AIDS

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Brown v. Johnson, 387 F.3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner with HIV and hepatitis brought a [section] 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court dismissed the complaint and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded. The court held that a state prison medical administrator and doctor were deliberately indifferent to the...