U.S. district court medical costs.

• Position: Assessment of Costs - Brief Article

Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d 1046 (D.Or. 2001). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement in a county jail violated his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The district court held that the inmate did not suffer a constitutionally significant injury, sufficient to support a [section] 1983 action under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), as the result of jail officials' failure to...