Davis v. County of Nassau.U.S. District Court FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE Davis v. County of Nassau, 355 F.Supp.2d 668 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A former inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that county officials and employees failed to provide him with timely and sufficient medical treatment. The district court dismissed the case. The court held that the inmate's allegations of inadequate medical care for his asthma, migraine headaches Migraine Headache Definition Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more. Description Migraine is an intense and often debilitating type of headache. and sleep apnea sleep apnea, episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in which relaxation of muscles in the throat repeatedly close off the airway during sleep; the person wakes just enough to take a gasping breath. failed to state a cause of action for municipal liability under [section] 1983. The court found that the inmate failed to allege that officials and employees directly participated in treating or refusing to treat him, or created or tolerated a policy or custom of inadequately treating sick or diseased prisoners. (Nassau County Nassau County is the name of two counties in the United States of America:
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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