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No Immunity for Delaying Arthritis Treatment

Afederal district court in West Virginia held prisoners had a clearly established right in 1994 to prompt medical treatment and to have prescribed treatment followed. Oscar Finley, a West Virginia state prisoner suffers from arthritis and has a physician's recommendation that he not be placed in handcuffs. Despite the recommendation, ...

 

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