FARROW v. WEST

No. 01-13846.

320 F.3d 1235 (2003)

Dean Effarage FARROW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. WEST, (Dentist), Nurse Shipman, Dr. Charles C. King, Regional Director of Correctional Medical Services, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Smith (Court-Appointed), Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph Edward Parish, Jr., McInnish, Bright & Long, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Dean E. Farrow, a state prisoner, appeals the grant of summary judgment in his § 1983 action against defendants Dr. Marvin West, Nurse Linda Shipman, and Dr. Charles King. Farrow asserts that the defendants' eighteen-month delay in medical treatment constituted deliberate indifference to his serious medical need and violated his constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment. He also contends that defendant Nurse Shipman ordered...

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