DULANY v. CARNAHAN

No. 96-2427.

132 F.3d 1234 (1997)

Ann DULANY, Trenace White, Jane Doe, Lillian Taylor, Vicky Williams, Larfay Primus, Pamela Williams, Treva Merriweather, Shirley Small, Becca Hughes, Lisa Suter, Carmen O'Neil, Kimberly Collins, Leta Salyer, Lana Anderson, Brenda Foster, Alisa Teuber, Polly Guidorzi, Shirley Allen, Patricia Prewitt, on behalf of themselves and all other prisoners at Chillicothe Correctional Center and Renz Correctional Center, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mel CARNAHAN, Governor of Missouri, in his official capacity; Dora Schriro, Director, Department of Corrections, Agency of the State of Missouri, in her official capacity; George Lombardi, Director, Division of Adult Institutions, in his official capacity; Dale Riley, Director, Division of Classification and Treatment, Missouri Department of Corrections, in his official capacity; Randee Kaiber, Assistant Director/Health Service, Division of Classification and Treatment, Missouri Department of Corrections, in his official capacity; Brian Goeke, Superintendent of Renz Correctional Center, in his official capacity; Thelma Grandison, Superintendent of Chillicothe Correctional Center, in her official capacity; Correctional Medical Systems, Inc., in its capacity as contractual health care provider to Renz and Chillicothe Correctional Centers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Winter, Washington, DC, argued (Richard H. Sindel, Clayton, MO, Mohadedu F. Jones, National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation, Washington, DC, and Jon Beetem, Jefferson City, MO, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

James McAdams, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for defendants-appellees.

Claudia York, Kansas City, MO, argued (John R. Munich, Deputy Chief Counsel for Litigation, Missouri Attorney General's Office, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Correctional Medical Systems.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, HANSEN, Circuit Judge, and BATTEY, District Judge.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, a group of female inmates from two Missouri state prisons, brought this suit against various state and prison officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994), claiming the defendant state prison officials have been deliberately indifferent to their serious medical needs in violation of their constitutional rights and rights secured under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101-12213 (1994). The district...

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