Evans v. Manos.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DELAY OF CARE

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Evans v. Manos, 336 F.Supp.2d 255 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against a corrections officer, doctor and dentist. The district court held that the prison doctor's alleged conduct of delaying the inmate's examination and treatment for an alleged back injury did not amount to deliberate indifference, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. According to the court, the inmate was given pain relievers...