KOPROWSKI v. BAKER

No. 14-5451.

822 F.3d 248 (2016)

Stephen Ted KOPROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen Bennett BAKER; Jorge Vazquez-Velazquez; Richard R. Ramirez; Rhonda Jones; Eric D. Wilson; Mark McHargue, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey M. Harris , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Weili J. Shaw , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey M. Harris , Paul D. Clement , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Weili J. Shaw , Mark B. Stern , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Tiffany Fleming , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. Stephen Ted Koprowski, Knoxville, Tennessee, pro se.

COLE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GILMAN, J., joined. SUTTON, J. (pp. 261-69), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellant Stephen Koprowski is a former federal prisoner who was housed at Fort McCreary in Pine Knot, Kentucky. While imprisoned on November 23, 2009, Koprowski severely injured his back when he fell off a ladder while working in the food-service area of the prison. Koprowski alleges that various prison...

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