[Download] "Burks v. Rickraemisch" by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Burks v. Rickraemisch
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Release Date : January 10, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
Between September 2005 and January 2007, Wallace Burks spent three stints at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility. Burks has an eye condition (a pinhole in the retina of his left eye) that predates his imprisonment, and while free he was receiving treatment, which the prison did not continue. He complained to physicians and nurses, who promised to have his eye evaluated. They scheduled an optometry evaluation in September 2006 and an ophthalmology consultation in November 2006 but did not carry through; Burkss condition was left untreated. He saw an ophthalmologist almost immediately after arriving at Dodge Correctional Institution in late January 2007. There he was told that his eye had healed improperly, leaving him with a permanent vision impairment. Degeneration of his vision could have been prevented had he received medical help during his time in the Milwaukee prison. (All of these facts come from the complaint, and for current purposes we accept them as true.)