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HIGGINS v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES OF ILL.

No. 98-2856.

178 F.3d 508 (1999)

Patrick J. HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC.; Gerald H. Cerniak, Dr., individually and in his official capacity as staff physician at the Kane County Jail; Karen Botello, individually and in her official capacity as a staff nurse at the Kane County Jail; and Julia Brown, individually and in her official capacity as a staff nurse at the Kane County Jail, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Ryan (argued), John Patrick Cleary, Flynn, Murphy & Ryan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert P. Vogt (argued), Weldon-Linne & Vogt, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 27, 1999.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In this suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Patrick Higgins accuses the Correctional Medical Services of Illinois (CMS) and three of its employees of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while he was being held in the Kane County (Illinois) Jail. Higgins claims he had a dislocated shoulder which defendants failed to treat, at least in part because...

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