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Jail Doctor Given Qualified Immunity For Involuntarily Catheterizing Prisoner

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Urinary, Forcible Treatment, Qualified Immunity. Location: Arizona.

The plaintiff was involuntarily catheterized to remove urine (unsuccessfully, since he was
struggling) because the doctor was concerned that he might have a neurological injury.

The plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim is rejected. At 1116: "Invasions of the body for medical purposes are neither a search nor a seizure." Security staff ...

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