Opinion ID: 588627
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Case Number 87-C-1225.

Text: 26 We also affirm summary judgment in favor of Kolb, Biever, Dresen, and Mannis. Lowery argues that these defendants, the Warden and medical team at Waupun, prevented him from seeing Dr. Arnesen. 4 But the evidence shows that, although the defendants forbade Arnesen from seeing Lowery, they nonetheless provided him psychological treatment. This treatment fully complied with the suggestions of the medical staff at MMHI, who suggested that further treatment for multiple personality disorder would only exacerbate Lowery's condition. 27 As a result, this becomes a case of conflicting medical opinions. Where medical experts disagree, a prison official does not act indifferently by following the advice of one of the experts. Thomas v. Pate, 493 F.2d 151, 158 (7th Cir.1974), vacated on other grounds sub nom Cannon v. Thomas, 419 U.S. 813 (1974) (a difference of opinion does not raise a material issue of fact); Jorden v. Farrier, 788 F.2d 1347 (8th Cir.1986) (states in dicta that following the advice of one treating medical official over another does not raise a constitutional claim); see also United States v. Rovetuso, 768 F.2d 809, 825 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1076 (1986) (a prisoner has no right to a doctor of his own choice).