Calhoun v. Corizon Correctional Health Care et al

Filing 23

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. (see order for details) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall reinstate Corizon Correctional Health Care as a defendant in this action. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall issue process or cause process to issue on defendant Corizon Correctional Health Care. Signed by District Judge Catherine D. Perry on 12/9/2014. (CBL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN DIVISION
MAJOR CALHOUN,
Plaintiff,
v.
CORIZON CORRECTIONAL
HEALTH CARE, et al.,
Defendants,

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No. 2:14CV88 CDP

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint pursuant to Rule 15(a)(1) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The amended complaint is substantially similar
to the original complaint, with the exception that plaintiff now alleges that
defendant Corizon Correctional Health Care had a custom of misstating inmates’
diagnoses in order to save money. And plaintiff alleges that this custom was
responsible for the unnecessary pain that he suffered.

These allegations are

sufficient to state a plausible claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. As a result, I will
order the Clerk to serve process on defendant Corizon.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall reinstate Corizon
Correctional Health Care as a defendant in this action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall issue process or cause
process to issue on defendant Corizon Correctional Health Care.
Dated this 9th day of December, 2014.

CATHERINE D. PERRY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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