Opinion ID: 801040
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Staff Physician Steven MacArthur, M.D.

Text: [12] Snow argues that Dr. MacArthur is not entitled to summary judgment because he refused to make an appointment in January 2006 for Snow to see an orthopedic surgeon about his chronic severe hip pain. Snow also points to evidence in the record that suggests that Dr. McArthur disliked him and purposefully refused to treat him. In order to prove deliberate indifference through delay of medical care, then, Snow must show that Dr. McArthur’s failure to schedule an appointment for him led to further injury. See McGuckin, 974 F.2d at 1060. And “[a] finding that the defendant’s neglect of 5766 SNOW v. MCDANIEL a prisoner’s condition was an ‘isolated occurrence’ or an ‘isolated exception’ to the defendant’s overall treatment of the prisoner ordinarily militates against a finding of deliberate indifference.” Id. (internal citations removed). Although it is unlikely that Dr. McArthur’s failure to schedule a consultation for Snow had a substantial effect on the timing of Snow’s treatment, any delay in treatment that was potentially motivated by animus creates a material issue of fact for the jury. We reverse the grant of summary judgment to Dr. MacArthur.