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CDOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to Resolve Medical Indifference Suit

On May 13, 2009, the California Department of Corrections (CDOC) agreed to pay $5,000 to a prisoner who received deliberately indifferent medical care.

According to Humberto Preciado’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, medical staff at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison failed to adequately treat Preciado’s hydrocele, a urological condition. Preciado alleged ...

 

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