Atkins v. County of Orange.U.S. District Court RESTRAINING CHAIR Atkins v. County of Orange, 372 F.Supp.2d 377 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). Jail inmates brought a [section] 1983 action against a county and corrections officers, alleging indifference to their mental health needs and mistreatment mis·treat tr.v. mis·treat·ed, mis·treat·ing, mis·treats To treat roughly or wrongly. See Synonyms at abuse. mis·treat . The defendants moved to preclude expert witness testimony and for partial summary judgment. The district court granted summary judgment in part and denied it in part. The court found genuine issues of material fact as to whether corrections officers used excessive force against a jail inmate by placing her in a restraint chair after she allegedly threw urine and feces feces or excrement or stools Solid bodily waste discharged from the colon through the anus during defecation. Normal feces are 75% water. The rest is about 30% dead bacteria, 30% indigestible food matter, 10–20% cholesterol and other fats, from her cell. The court found that the alleged act of serving food to a jail inmate on a napkin napkin See Sanitary napkin. or paper towel on one occasion did not amount to a constitutional deprivation. (Orange County Correctional Facility and County Commissioner of Mental Health, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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