Foster v. Fulton County.

• Position: Inadequate medical care and misdemeanor - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

BAIL REVIEW

Foster v. Fulton County, 223 F.Supp.2d 1301 (N.D.Ga. 2002). Inmates at a county jail, who had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), brought an action complaining of their conditions of confinement and inadequate medical care. The parties entered into a settlement agreement. Two years later the district court responded to a report that described ten areas in which the county had failed to comply with the terms of the settlement by ordering remedies. The county moved to stay the corrective actions that were ordered and the district court denied the...