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· 5/24/1994

Messina v. Mazzeo

Citations

  • 854 F. Supp. 116
  • 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7054
  • 1994 WL 231998

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding pretrial detainee, whose participation in methadone program was interrupted by arrest, stated deliberate indifference claim against prison doctor who refused to continue methadone treatment
  • denying motion to dismiss when plaintiff alleged nurse deliberately refused to provide methadone to inmate
  • declining to dismiss excessive force claim for lack of specificity because “[i]t would be asking too much for an arrestee to remember and plead the role each of several police officers played in an alleged instance of police brutality”
  • declining to dismiss excessive force claim for lack of specificity because “[i]t would be asking too much for an arrestee to remember and plead the role each of several police officers played in an alleged instance of police brutality”
  • declining to dismiss excessive force claim for lack of specificity because “[i]t would be asking too much for an arrestee to remember and plead the role each of several police officers played in an alleged instance of police brutality”
  • pretrial detainee pleaded deliberate indifference of prison doctor who told him “I don’t care what you do. You can stand on your head, tear the place apart, you’re not getting methadone”

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Judges: Glasser

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