Roy Bryant v. Percy Myers, M.D.

Summary

The court granted Dr. Percy Myers’s motion for summary judgment in Roy Bryant’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs after a fall in prison. Although the court assumed that Bryant’s pain could constitute an objectively serious medical condition, it found insufficient evidence that he suffered harm attributable to Dr. Myers’s treatment or omissions and dismissed the claim with prejudice.

Holdings

1. Plaintiff's deposition testimony was sufficient evidence from which a jury could find that his pain constituted an objectively serious medical condition.
2. Summary judgment was warranted for Defendant because Plaintiff offered no evidence that he suffered harm at Defendant's hands or that a different examination, diagnostic procedure, referral, or treatment would have alleviated his pain.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant was entitled to summary judgment on Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claim.
2. Whether the evidence permitted a jury to find that Plaintiff suffered harm caused by Defendant's alleged failure to examine, diagnose, or treat his injuries.

Disposition

dismissed