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JOHNSON v. LEWIS

No. 20-10150.

83 F.4th 1319 (2023)

Ricky J. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Sharon LEWIS, Statewide Medical Director of Georgia Department of Corrections, Dr. Thomas Ferrell, Medical Director of Ware State Prison, Dr. Kevin Marler, Medical Director of Jenkins Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: October 11, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan Lee Greene , Kasdin Miller Mitchell , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, Ricky J. Johnson , Riverbend CF — Inmate Legal Mail, Milledgeville, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Angela Ellen Cusimano , Ronald Joseph Stay , Christopher Michael Carr , Georgia Department of Law, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, Stephen E. Curry , The Hawk Firm, Augusta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Sharon Lewis, Ferrell.

Angela Ellen Cusimano , Ronald Joseph Stay , Christopher Michael Carr , Georgia Department of Law, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, Chaudray, GDOC.

Angela Ellen Cusimano , Georgia Department of Law, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Mohammad, Medical Director Jenkins Correctional Facility.

Righton Johnson Lewis , Butler Snow, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Turner, Kevin Marler.

Before Jordan, Newsom, Circuit Judges, and Grimberg, District Judge.

Ricky Johnson is an inmate in the custody and care of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). Johnson was diagnosed with Hepatitis C (HCV) in 2009, but did not receive medication for it until nine years later. By then, Johnson's HCV had progressed to stage F4 cirrhosis with indications of severe liver inflammation...

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