CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Burnett v Howard
State-action pleading against a private physician treating a prisoner
Decided
The citation
Burnett v Howard, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued October 29, 2026 (Case No. 2:26-cv-90)
From the case summary
A state prisoner alleged that a private urologist diagnosed aggressive prostate cancer but neither prescribed treatment nor referred him to an oncologist. He sought damages and injunctive relief under § 1983. The court screened his pro se complaint before service under the Prison Litigation Reform…
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