Atkins v. County of Orange.U.S. District Court MEDICAL CARE RESTRAINTS HYGIENE 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 district court held that summary judgment was precluded because fact issues existed as to whether correctional officials deprived one inmate of water and basic hygiene products. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the failure to provide a prisoner with toilet articles including soap, razors, combs, toothpaste, toilet paper, access to a mirror, and sanitary napkins to female prisoners constitutes denial of personal hygiene personal hygiene person n → Körperhygiene f and sanitary living conditions living conditions npl → condiciones fpl de vida living conditions npl → conditions fpl de vie living conditions living , for the purpose of a claim challenging conditions of confinement. The court denied summary judgment on this issue. The court also 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. The court found no deliberate indifference based on a three-day delay between the time an inmate was booked and the time she was seen by a psychiatrist, or based on the fact that on several occasions she missed doses of her medication because she was out of her cell at the time of the scheduled administration of her medications. The court noted that there was no showing that the inmate was harmed as the result of the conduct, and that her medication schedule was switched to evenings to accommodate her as soon as the forensic clinic was notified that she had missed some of her medications. (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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