Edward E. Westlake v. William Lucas, Sheriff of Wayne County

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• concluding that a prisoner stated a claim of deliberate indifference because prison officials provided no treatment even after the prisoner informed them that he suffered from an ulcer and needed medication and a special diet
• holding that “a prisoner who is needlessly allowed to suffer pain when relief is readily available does have a cause of action against those whose deliberate indifference is the cause of his suffering”
• noting that courts are not \to engage in the process of second-guessing in every case the adequacy of medical care that the state provides\
• holding that a complaint adequately stated a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) when jail officials were aware of a prisoner’s 42 ulcer, but did not allow a medical examination even after he had begun vomiting blood
• noting that “federal courts are generally reluctant to second guess medical judgments and to constitutionalize claims which sound in state tort law”
• noting that “federal courts are generally reluctant to second guess medical judgments and to constitutionalize claims which sound in state tort law”

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