Kenney v. Paderes.

• Position: EX-OFFENDERS - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

CLAIMS

Kenney v. Paderes, 217 F.Supp.2d 1095 (D.Hawai'i 2002). A former prison inmate sued prison doctors, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs while he was incarcerated. The district court denied the doctor's motion for summary judgment, finding genuine issues of material fact, as to whether the doctor's denial of the medication lorazepam to control the inmate's tremors, was potentially life-threatening and amounted to deliberate indifference...