An Illinois inmate who claims prison medical staff refused him necessary medical treatment will be allowed to move forward with his lawsuit because it was improperly dismissed as a sanction, a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7.
John Evans alleges that the medical staff at Graham Correctional Center refused to authorize surgery needed to treat a nasal problem. He sued medical providers Susan Griffin and Dr. Francis Kayira for allegedly violating his Eighth Amendment rights.
A lower court was wrong to dismiss Evans’ suit with prejudice as a sanction for his failure to cooperate in a deposition, the U.S. Court ...
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