U.S. appeals court deliberate indifference dental care medication failure to provide care.

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Wynn v. Southward, 251 F.3d 588(7th Cir. 2001). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations. The district court dismissed the case and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded. The appeals court held that the officials did not violate the inmates due process rights but allegations supported an Eighth Amendment claim based on the alleged deprivation of the inmate's dentures and his heart medication. The inmate alleged he was unable to chew his food without his dentures, significantly impeding his ability to eat, and that he had suffered bleeding, headaches, and disfigurement as the result of not having his dentures. The court found that allegations that officials misplaced his...