HIXSON v. MORAN

No. 19-1209.

1 F.4th 297 (2021)

Carey HIXSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael MORAN, in his individual capacity and as the physician at Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Jail, Defendant-Appellee, and Bryan Hutcheson, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as operator of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Jail; Steven Shortell, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as operator of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Jail; John Does, nurses and employees of Southern Health Partners, Inc.; Southern Health Partners, Inc.; Rockingham County, Virginia; The City of Harrisonburg, Virginia; Katherine Raynes, a nurse and employee of Southern Health Partners, Inc.; Janelle Seekford; John Doe #1 and John Doe #2, as nurses and employees of Southern Health Partners, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Katherine Cantolina , NDH LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Christopher Stanislaw Dadak , GUYNN WADDELL CARROLL & LOCKABY, P.C., Salem, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mario B. Williams , Andrew R. Tate , NDH LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Susan A. Waddell , GUYNN WADDELL CARROLL & LOCKABY, P.C., Salem, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge Traxler wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Rushing joined.


Carey Hixson, a former inmate at Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Jail, sued Dr. Michael Moran, a doctor for the jail, alleging an Eighth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and violations of state law, based on Dr. Moran's purported failure to properly treat his...

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