TYPE 1 DIABETES ALLEGEDLY NOT TREATED OR INADEQUATELY TREATED
by Sharon Rondeau
(Aug. 4, 2018) — On June 11, 2018, a federal judge found that an inmate at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) in Clifton, TN is “under imminent danger of serious physical harm” as a result of his allegations that as a Type 1 diabetic, he is not receiving proper medical care, including insulin, while in prison.
The suit alleges violations of 42 USC 1983 under “Prisoner Civil Rights.”
The complaint from Jasper Lee Vick, #139471, was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Columbia Division on January 11, 2018 and consists of 368 pages. Vick claims that neither a diabetic diet, appropriate blood-testing, nor insulin is regularly available to him at SCCF, which is operated by the private prison corporation CoreCivic.
The full complaint can be read here: JLV 01-11-18 COMPLAINT
The June 11, 2018 Order is here: JLV 06-11-18 ORDER
The Post & Email first became aware of the lawsuit upon receiving a copy of the June 11 order on Thursday. Since that time, the court ordered Vick “limited discovery” in which he was to ascertain and report the full names of a number of the defendants.
The judge’s 40-page opinion, issued just prior to the order, states that although Vick could have been prevented from filing another lawsuit because he was found to have met the “Three Strikes” provision of the Prison Reform Litigation Act (PRLA), the latest finding of “imminent danger of serious physical injury due to the inconsistent or inadequate medical care provided to him for his Type 1 diabetes…” meets the threshold for an exception.
[From the June 11, 2018 Opinion of U.S. District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. in the case of Jasper Lee Vick v. Core Civic, at al]