Opinion
4:21cv486-MW/MAF
03-26-2024
SANDRA GAIL CARRIN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of RAYMOND MARSHALL CARRIN, Plaintiff, v. SHAUNA MARIE SMILEDGE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
MARK E. WALKER, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This Court has considered, without hearing, the Magistrate Judge's Fourth Report and Recommendation. ECF No. 131, and has also reviewed de novo Defendant's objections, ECF No. 139.
The Magistrate Judge recommends denying Defendant Jimenez's motion for summary judgment because disputed issues of fact remain as to whether Dr. Jimenez was deliberately indifferent to Mr. Carrin's serious medical needs. This Court agrees. Defendant Jimenez argues that the record demonstrates that he took reasonable steps to treat Mr. Carrin's serious medical needs, but timely treatment was thwarted by the Utilization Review Committee's delay in approving his GI consult request. But while a reasonable jury may agree with Dr. Jimenez's view of the facts, the record also permits a reasonable inference that Dr. Jimenez sat on his hands after he submitted the GI consult request, and ultimately delayed necessary medical treatment, despite his knowledge that Mr. Carrin required treatment for his serious medical needs.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED:
The report and recommendation, ECF No. 131, is accepted and adopted, over the Defendant's objections, as this Court's opinion. Defendant Jimenez's motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 110, is DENIED.
SO ORDERED.