Rivera v. Alvarado.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

INADEQUATE TREATMENT

AIDS

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Rivera v. Alvarado, 240 F.Supp.2d 136 (D.Puerto Rico 2003). The mother of a deceased prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections officials and doctors at a hospital failed to adequately treat and provide medical care for the prisoner, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action, finding that the complaint did not support a conclusion that there was deliberate indifference by the doctors. The court found that although the prisoner's AIDS diagnosis and his condition constituted a serious medical need, the mother failed to establish that the doctors knew that the prisoner was at risk and decided not...