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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Brad Passwater v. Tricia Pretorius, et al.
No. 25-1149
Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, Judge Matthew P. Brookman. Before Circuit Judges Ripple, Kirsch and Lee. The court affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court found that there was insufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to determine that Dr. Daniel Rippetoe and Deputy Warden Pretorius acted with deliberate indifference to Passwater’s serious medical needs under the Eighth Amendment. Judge Lee authored the opinion. There were no concurrences or dissents.
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