Remo Harrison Daniels v. Natalie Parsons

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied Remo Harrison Daniels’s motion for a preliminary injunction in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Natalie Parsons. The court concluded that Daniels had not shown that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections maintained a policy of ignoring incarcerated individuals who threatened or engaged in self-harm, and that the record showed he received medical treatment for self-harm incidents.

Holdings

1. Plaintiff was not entitled to a preliminary injunction because he failed to establish that the DOC had a policy of ignoring him when he threatened or engaged in self-harm and therefore did not demonstrate entitlement to preliminary injunctive relief.
2. Any preliminary injunction concerning prison conditions would have to comply with the PLRA's requirements that it be narrowly drawn, no broader than necessary to correct the identified harm, and the least intrusive means necessary.

Questions Presented

1. Whether plaintiff was entitled to a preliminary injunction requiring DOC staff not to walk away when he threatened or engaged in self-harm.
2. Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act limited the scope of the requested preliminary injunction.

Disposition

other