Sulton v. Wright.U.S. District Court DELAY IN CARE TRANSFER DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE Sulton v. Wright, 265 F.Supp.2d 292 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A prison inmate sued physicians and a state corrections department's medical director, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when surgery to repair his torn knee ligaments was delayed for four years. The district court denied qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. for the defendants. The court held that the inmate stated a claim of deliberate indifference against the physicians, and against the medical director based on a policy that contributed to the delay. The policy required transferee inmates to be evaluated as new cases, causing a delay in the inmate's surgery. (Wende Correctional Facility Wende Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in Town of Alden in Erie County, New York. The prison is named for this region of Alden. Notorious gangster Jimmy Burke, mastermind of the Lufthansa Heist, was imprisoned in this facility until his death in 1996. , Green Haven Correctional Facility Green Haven Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in the Town of Beekman in Dutchess County. It was originally a federal prison and now houses maximum security inmates. Notable Inmates
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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