Johnson, Jr. v. County of Douglas, NE, No. 13-1134 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the County after a jail operated by the County failed to provide him with necessary anti-seizure medication while he was incarcerated. In this instance, plaintiff presented no evidence to suggest that the County's policymaking officials would have received notice of the denial of his medication in the morning at issue and made a deliberate choice to ignore or tacitly authorize the denial in the course of those few hours. Accordingly, the court affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the County because plaintiff failed to present evidence of a continuing, widespread, persistent pattern of unconstitutional misconduct by the governmental entity's employees.
Court Description: Civil case - Civil rights. In an action to impose municipal liability under Section 1983 after a jail operated by the County failed to provide plaintiff with his anti-seizure medication, plaintiff failed to present evidence of a continuing, widespread, persistent pattern of unconstitutional misconduct; while plaintiff made multiple requests for the medication, all of the requests were within the space of a few hours, and there was no evidence to suggest that policy making officials would have received notice of the incidents and made a deliberate decision to ignore or tacitly authorize denial of the medications.
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