U.S. district court medical screening. (Intake and Admissions).

Davis v. City of New York, 142 F.Supp.2d 461 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). A former inmate brought [section] 1983 claims against a city and various public officials to recover damages allegedly suffered when he was kept in medical isolation for a seven-day period after refusing to give a blood sample at initial medical screening for religious reasons, and for not providing a vegetarian diet. The district court held that the inmate's right to free exercise was not violated when he was placed in brief medical isolation as a consequence of his refusal to consent to a blood sample, but the court found it necessary to review whether the alleged restrictions on shower and telephone access were more severe than were appropriate. The court also found that fact questions precluded summary judgment for the defendants on the claim that the denial of vegetarian meals violated the inmate's free exercise right. (City of New York)