Edward L. Johnson v. Hardin County, Kentucky, Louis Lawson, and John Timbers

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• holding that alleged failure to provide pain medication, crutches, and bedding to inmate with compound foot fractures defeated summary judgment for defendants on deliberate indifference claim
• evaluating official’s responsibility for establishing final policy “with respect to the subject matter in question.” (internal quotation marks omitted) (emphasis in original) (citation omitted
• alleged failure to provide pain medication, crutches, and bedding to inmate with compound foot fractures defeated summary judgment for defendants on deliberate indifference claim
• “State law contemplates that the authority to promulgate policies for the care of prisoners is not vested in the jailer, but in the fiscal court.”
• summary judgment on Eighth Amendment claim where there was evidence that 28 the plaintiff was denied crutches
• denial of crutches and other accommodations for 26 those who are mobility-impaired

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