Commissioner of Correction v. Myers

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• holding that refusing dialysis is not a form of suicide because death would result from natural causes
• holding that State could compel prisoner to undergo lifesaving kidney dialysis treatments
• holding that State could compel prisoner to undergo lifesaving kidney dialysis treatments
• noting that dialysis “is a relatively complex procedure, which requires considerable commitment and endurance from the patient who must undergo the treatment three times a week”
• compelling prisoner with kidney disease to submit to dialysis over his protest rather than acquiescing in his demand to be transferred to a lower-security prison
• compelling prisoner with kidney disease to submit to dialysis over his protest rather than acquiescing in his demand to be transferred to a lower-security prison

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).