U.S. District Court
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Kane v. Winn, 319 F.Supp.2d 162 (D.Mass. 2004). A federal prisoner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief, alleging that prison staff improperly denied him proper medical care in violation of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regulations and the constitution. The district court denied the defendants' motions for summary judgment, and granted the inmate's motion for appointment of counsel. The court held that although habeas corpus was not the...
