U.S. District Court: MEDICAL CARE INTERPRETERS.

• Position: Brief Article

Cortes v. Johnson, 114 F.Supp.2d 182 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A Spanish-speaking inmate brought a civil rights action against a prison superintendent alleging violation of his right to privacy. The district court granted summary judgment to the superintendent, finding that she did not violate the inmate's right to privacy by failing to provide medically-qualified interpreters of Spanish rather than inmate interpreters or...