Garretson v. City of Madison Heights.

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U.S. Appeals Court

MEDICAL SCREENING

MEDICATION

Garretson v. City of Madison Heights, 407 F.3d 789 (6th Cir. 2005). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a city, police department and individual police officers alleging constitutional violations and asserting state law claims. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the detainee appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded in part. The court held that the diabetic detainee who had allegedly been deprived of insulin while in custody suffered a serious deprivation of necessary medical treatment, for the purpose of a Fourteenth Amendment deliberate...