U.S. District Court: HANDICAPPED INMATES.

• Position: Brief Article

Schmidt v. Odell 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting claims under the Eighth Amendment. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants, finding that it was precluded on all claims. The court held that refusal to provide the inmate with a wheelchair while confined in the county jail did not violate the Eighth Amendment since jail exits, entrances and hallways...