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Lawsuit Over Denial of Medical Treatment for Painful Erection Causing Impotence in Oklahoma County Jail Reinstated by Tenth Circuit

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2021 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News November, 2021, page 52
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity. Location: Oklahoma.

by Matt Clarke

On January 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a county sheriff and three jail guards were not entitled to summary judgment based on qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who suffered permanent impotence after ...

 

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