Page v. Kirby.

• Position: Provided food and medical services at prison - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRIVATE PROVIDER

Page v. Kirby, 314 F.Supp.2d 619 (N.D.W.Va. 2004). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action challenging his conditions of confinement. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding that private corporations that provided food and medical services at a state prison were not subject to liability under [section] 1983, absent an allegation that the...