Shell v. Brzezniak.U.S. District Court RESTRAINTS DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE Shell v. Brzezniak, 365 F.Supp.2d 362 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that correctional officers violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. After partial summary judgment was granted in favor of some defendants, the prisoner filed a motion to amend his complaint for the third time. The district court granted the motion in part, and denied it in part. The court held that a corrections officer's refusal to allow medical staff to remove the prisoner's handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. during an examination did not constitute deliberate indifference to the prisoner's serious medical needs. 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 officer's decision did not pose an excessive risk to the prisoner's health or safety. (Attica, Green Haven, and Great Meadows Great Meadows: see Fort Necessity. Correctional Facilities, 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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