U.S. District Court: MEDICATION.

• Position: Brief Article

Douglas v. Stanwick, 93 F.Supp.2d 320 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A pretrial detainee brought a [sections] 1983 action against a jail physician and nurse alleging that he received inadequate medical care when he was denied narcotic pain medication. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the prisoner did not show sufficient culpability on either the physician or nurse's part to support his Fourteenth Amendment claim. The court noted that a mere disagreement over...