MAYWEATHER v. FOTI

No. 91-3650 Summary Calendar.

958 F.2d 91 (1992)

Roger MAYWEATHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles C. FOTI, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Mayweather, pro se.

Alexander Adam Lambert, Jr., Freeman R. Matthews, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES, DUHÉ, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Mayweather challenges the district court's dismissal with prejudice, following a trial to the magistrate, of his complaint for constitutionally inadequate medical care while in the Orleans Parish prison. To the extent that treatment for his back injury occurred while he was a pretrial detainee, he was entitled to "reasonable medical care," Cupit v. Jones, 835 F.2d 82, 85 (5th Cir.1987...

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