Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Roger Mayweather v. Charles C. Foti, Jr.

958 F.2d 91

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1992-04-10
Topic
litigation

holding that an occasional missed dose of medication does not, without more, constitute deliberate indifference | concluding that occasionally missed doses of medicine “fall far short” of establishing deliberate indifference | “Continuing back pain is unpleasant. Its existence does not, however, in and of itself demonstrate that a constitutional violation occurred.” | “Continuing back pain is unpleasant. Its existence does not, however, it and of itself demonstrate that a constitutional violation occurred | finding that an inmate received adequate care, even though the treatment may not have been the best, and that any deficiencies in treatment were minimal; moreover, the plaintiff’s continuing pain, in and of itself, did not demonstrate that a constitutional violation occurred | finding an occasional missed dose of medication does not, without more, constitute deliberate indifference | “claim for inadequate medical care would succeed only if [plaintiff] proved that the denial of care constituted ‘deliberate indifference to serious medical needs’” | the fact that a prisoner’s medical treatment “may not have been the best money could buy” is insufficient to establish a constitutional violation | occasional missed doses of medication, without more, “fall[s] far short of establishing deliberate indifference” by prison staff | prisoners are not entitled to "the best [treatment] that money c[an] buy" | occasionally missed doses of medicine “fall far short” of establishing deliberate indifference

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