DICKSON v. COLMAN

No. 77-3241 Summary Calendar.

569 F.2d 1310 (1978)

Tolbert DICKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melvin COLMAN, Individually and as Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tolbert Dickson, pro se.

Donald G. Greiwe, James E. Thompson, Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Tolbert Dickson brought suit under section 1893 against the sheriff and the medical officer of the Orange County, Florida Jail, claiming damages for inadequate medical care. The district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment, finding that the uncontroverted facts appearing in the affidavits failed to constitute the "acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence indifference to serious medical needs" required by the Supreme...

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