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| 7th Cir. Revives Claims Over Prison Shooting |
| By courthousenews.com |
| Published: 05/17/2012 |
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CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit revived the First and Eighth Amendment claims of an Illinois inmate who was accidentally shot while corrections officers attempted to break up a fight between two other prisoners. In 2009, Raul Gomez was incarcerated in Statesville Correctional Center. On the morning of May 16th, he was allegedly standing at the front of his cell when a fight broke out between two unarmed inmates a few cells down. Officers successfully broke up the fight, but not before an unknown corrections officer fired two shots with a 12-gauge shotgun into the inmate population below. Gomez, his cellmate, and another inmate were allegedly hit by pellets from the shots. Gomez showed a prison guard his shoulder, which was bruised and bleeding from the shotgun pellet. The guard returned five minutes later with an unknown medical technician. Though the technician wanted to treat Gomez in the health care unit, corrections officers allegedly denied the request because the prison was on lock down. The medical technician promised to return with supplies and treat Gomez in his cell, but never did. He was allegedly denied medical supplies again later the same day. When Gomez saw the same technician later that evening, she allegedly said that "she wanted to help him but she was told by staff security not to document any medical treatment for gunshot wounds for any of the inmates. Gomez requested her name but she merely laughed and walked away mumbling," 7th Circuit Judge Michael Kanne summarized. Gomez washed his own wound, removed the metal from his arm, and wrapped the arm in a torn piece of his bed sheet. He also wrote an emergency grievance to the warden. Four days later, during which time he experienced significant pain, Gomez was treated in the health care unit, where the doctor allegedly expressed concern that Gomez had not been brought to the unit on the day of the injury. Gomez recovered without further incident. Read More. |
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