CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Washington v Doeber
Prisoner complaint partly survives PLRA screening on medical-care claims
Decided
The citation
Washington v Doeber, opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, issued November 5, 2026 (Case No. 2:26-cv-13406)
From the case summary
In a pro se § 1983 complaint, Washington alleged that prison officers ignored his request to attend a kidney-specialist appointment, which he missed, and that staff later ignored his abdominal-pain complaints. According to the complaint, he was found on a cell floor, assessed by Gonzalez…
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