Opinion ID: 2974967
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Treatment after hospital discharge

Text: Loggins states he did not receive his prescribed medications, proper medical care or a liquid diet upon his return to the jail. Loggins establishes the objective component of the deliberate indifference test because the deprivation of prescriptions was a sufficiently serious medical need. Loggins has produced some evidence tending to demonstrate the detrimental effect of the delay in treatment as his treating physician stated missing two doses of antibiotics would be detrimental to recovery. The prescribed plan of treatment was interrupted when Loggins was denied his medicine. Loggins cannot establish the subjective component of the deliberate indifference test because he cannot show Karnes or Barrett subjectively perceived a risk of harm and then disregarded it. The burden to prove subjective knowledge is “onerous.” Comstock, 273 F.3d at 703. “The state of mind -10- No. 05-4135 James Loggins v. Franklin County Ohio, et al requires that the official ‘consciously disregard’ a substantial risk of serious harm. Thus, a showing of deliberate indifference requires a showing of the official’s actual awareness of a substantial risk of serious harm.” Brooks v. Celeste, 39 F.3d 125, 128 (6th Cir. 1994). The “inflicting official [must] act or fail to act with subjective awareness of the deprivation.” Id. at 129. There is no evidence Karnes or Barrett had any knowledge of Loggins’ medical care while he was incarcerated. Loggins was at FCCCII for less than twenty-four hours after returning from the surgery, during which he was processed into the jail and later processed for release. The medical request form he completed was not received and processed until after Loggins was released. There is no evidence to suggest Karnes or Barrett had any knowledge of Loggins’ medical treatment and therefore Loggins’ claim fails because Karnes and Barrett lacked actual awareness of a substantial risk of serious harm to Loggins.