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Case Name
Natale v. Camden County Correctional Facility
PC-NJ-0019
Docket / Court
1:99-cv-02579 ( D.N.J. )
State/Territory
New Jersey
Case Type(s)
Jail Conditions
Case Summary
On March 9, 1999, plaintiff, a detainee who was an insulin-dependent diabetic, filed a lawsuit in New Jersey state court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1981 against Camden County Correctional Facility(CCCF). Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the defendants committed malpractice, that ...
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On March 9, 1999, plaintiff, a detainee who was an insulin-dependent diabetic, filed a lawsuit in New Jersey state court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1981 against Camden County Correctional Facility(CCCF). Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the defendants committed malpractice, that decision makers for Prison Health Services established a policy or well-settled custom of ignoring the medical needs of prisoners, and that the defendants violated plaintiff's right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying him adequate medical care by failing to administer insulin during his first twenty-one hours of incarceration.
The case was removed to federal court. On July 26, 2000, the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey (Judge Joel A. Pisano) entered summary judgment for CCCF on detainee's § 1983 claim, and dismissed the § 1981 claim. On July 24, 2001, the District Court issued an order dismissing detainee's medical malpractice claim, and on July 30, 2001, the court granted Prison Health Service's motion for summary judgment on § 1983 claim. The detainee appealed. On March 21, 2003, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded, finding that fact questions precluded summary judgment on the detainee's claim that his right to adequate medical care was violated, and as to whether the actions of private prison health service employees could be attributed to their employer. On August 17, 2004, the case was reopened. On November 4, 2005, the U.S. District Court (Judge Jerome B. Simandle) issued an order dismissing the case because the parties reached a settlement.
Julie Singer - 10/23/2014
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Constitutional Clause
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Defendant-type
Corrections
Law-enforcement
General
Conditions of confinement
Medical/Mental Health
Medical care, general
Medication, administration of
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1983
42 U.S.C. § 1981
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Camden County Correctional Facility
Camden County Sheriff's Department
County of Camden
Prison Health Services
Plaintiff Description
Insulin-dependent diabetic detainee
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
Unknown
Source of Relief
Settlement
Form of Settlement
Private Settlement Agreement
Filing Year
1999
Case Closing Year
2005
Case Ongoing
No
Additional Resources
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Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders
N.Y.U. Law Review
Date: May 2006
By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty)
Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006)
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[ External Link ]
Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons
Book
Date: Jan. 1, 1998
By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty)
Citation: (1998)
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Documents
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Docket(s)
Case: 1:99-cv-2579
(D.N.J.)
PC-NJ-0019-9000.pdf
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Detail
Date: 11/04/2005
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
Opinion [Reversing and Remanding to District Court]
(318 F.3d 575)
PC-NJ-0019-0001.pdf
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WESTLAW
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LEXIS
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External Link
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Detail
Date: 02/07/2003
Order of Dismissal [ECF# 64]
(D.N.J.)
PC-NJ-0019-0002.pdf
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Detail
Date: 11/05/2005
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
People
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Judges
Ambro, Thomas L.
(Third Circuit)
PC-NJ-0019-0001
Simandle, Jerome B.
(D.N.J.)
PC-NJ-0019-0002 | PC-NJ-0019-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Steinberg, Saul J.
(New Jersey)
PC-NJ-0019-9000
Defendant's Lawyers
Garty, Marylou
(New Jersey)
PC-NJ-0019-9000
Lynch, Kevin W.
(New Jersey)
PC-NJ-0019-9000
Weeks, David
(New Jersey)
PC-NJ-0019-9000
Zaslow, David R.
(Pennsylvania)
PC-NJ-0019-9000
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