U.S. v. Carneglia.

• Position: Violation of prisoners' rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DENTAL CARE

RELEASE

U.S. v. Carneglia, 238 F.Supp.2d 502 (E.D.N.Y. 2003). An inmate asked the district court to order prison officials to allow him to receive dental implant treatment from his personal dentist, outside the correctional facility in which he was confined. The district court denied the inmate's application, finding that it lacked jurisdiction to direct such medical treatment. The court noted that, in any event, it would not direct such treatment because the inmate was not a good candidate for "furlough" based on his conviction and...