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Failure to Administer Doctor's Treatment Plan States Eighth Amendment Claim
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a nurse's failure to
administer treatment ordered by a doctor states an Eighth Amendment
violation that is not entitled to a qualified immunity defense. David G.
Boretti, a Michigan prisoner, was shot in the left thigh while he was an
escapee. After ...
administer treatment ordered by a doctor states an Eighth Amendment
violation that is not entitled to a qualified immunity defense. David G.
Boretti, a Michigan prisoner, was shot in the left thigh while he was an
escapee. After ...
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