Anthony Clarke v. G. Brown

MEMORANDUM

Appellant Clarke appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Brown, the medical technical assistant responsible for scheduling doctors’ appointments at the Lancaster State Prison where he was housed. Clarke averred that Brown was deliberately indifferent to his pain and medical condition when she turned him away from an appointment to see a doctor on July 28, 2003 and did not promptly process his request for another appointment.

As correctly recognized by the district court, Clarke submitted no admissible evidence whatsoever that Brown acted with actionable deliberate indifference to his medical needs. Clarke admitted he had no idea why his appointment was cancelled and did not provide any evidence to contradict Brown’s claim that he was turned away for legitimate reasons, i.e., the appointments that day had been over-scheduled. Clarke’s assertions that Brown’s be havior was in retaliation for complaints he had filed against prison staff, and that her actions were done to deliberately obstruct his medical request, amount to rank speculation and would not support a verdict in his favor. Additionally, Clarke failed to offer evidence that the delay…